Asia's Nation States and Other Actors: Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S.

Featuring 詹姆斯·F大使. 莫里亚蒂

Former Ambassador to Nepal and Bangladesh

前你.S. 詹姆斯·F大使. 莫里亚蒂 will focus on the balance of power in East Asia and the Obama Administration during the first 马丁论坛 of the academic year on Wednesday, 9月. 10.

莫里亚蒂, a former ambassador to Nepal and Bangladesh, will present the talk “Asia’s Nation States and Other Actors: Opportunities and Challenges for the U.S.，这本书着眼于美国.S. policy in the region, starting at 7 p.m. in the bet365亚洲官网 Administration Building Auditorium, 851 Campus Drive in 莫斯科.

莫里亚蒂 is the first 马丁研究所 访问ing Distinguished Practitioner of International Affairs (VDPIA) for 2014.

“学生们, staff and faculty of the 马丁研究所 are thrilled to welcome such a distinguished public servant as Ambassador 莫里亚蒂,比尔L说。. Smith, director of the 马丁研究所 and the Program for 国际研究. “Ambassador 莫里亚蒂’s extensive service in East Asia through several presidential administrations and in the midst of significant diplomatic challenges makes him an ideal speaker.”

在领导美国之前.S. Embassies in Nepal and Bangladesh, 莫里亚蒂 served in 2002-2004 as Special Assistant to the President of the United States of America and Senior Director at the National 安全 Council, where he was responsible for advising on and coordinating U.S. policy on East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific region. 莫里亚蒂 also worked in the White House in 2001-2002 as National 安全 Council Director for China Affairs and served as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. 驻北京大使馆.

In 1994-1998, he led the General Affairs (Political) Section at the American Institute in Taiwan. Ambassador 莫里亚蒂 shaped the U.S. response to Chinese missile tests in the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, and the ramming of a U.S. EP-3 plane off China’s Hainan Island. In these jobs and at the National 安全 Council, 莫里亚蒂 helped lay the groundwork for U.S.-China policy for the 21st century.

As Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of United Nations (UN) Political Affairs in 1991-93, 莫里亚蒂协调了美国.S. policy on UN 安全 Council issues. He received the American Foreign Service Association’s Rivkin Award for his principled approach to the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. 以他的经验, 莫里亚蒂 will talk about the power transition in East Asia and the opportunities and challenges for the US.

Also joining on this visit is his spouse, Ambassador Lauren K. 莫里亚蒂, a career-long diplomat who formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Dean of the Asia Pacific Center for 安全 Studies.

The forum is sponsored by the University’s 马丁研究所 and Program in 国际研究.

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