James A. Kelly

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = James Kelly

| birth_name = James Andrew Kelly

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|September 15, 1936}}

| education = United States Naval Academy (BS)
Harvard University (MBA)

| image = Kelly james a.gif

| office = 22nd Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

| termstart = May 1, 2001

| termend = January 31, 2005

| president = George W. Bush

| predecessor = Stanley O. Roth

| successor = Christopher R. Hill

| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}

| unit = Navy Supply Corps

| serviceyears = 1959–1982

| rank = Captain

}}

James Andrew Kelly (born September 15, 1936) is an American foreign policy advisor who served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2001 to 2005.

Education

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Kelly attended Georgia Tech for one year before receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.{{cite book |url=https://ia902703.us.archive.org/16/items/luckybag1959unse/luckybag1959unse.pdf |title=Lucky Bag |date=1959 |page=129 |publisher=U.S. Naval Academy |location=Annapolis, Maryland |access-date=2021-10-25}} In 1959, he earned a Bachelor of Science from the Naval Academy. Kelly later earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1968. He graduated from the National War College in 1977.

Career

Kelly served in the United States Navy from 1959 to 1982, concluding his active duty as a Captain in the Navy Supply Corps. From June 1983 to March 1986, Kelly worked at the Pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs (East Asia and Pacific).{{Cite web|title=James A. Kelly|url=https://www.csis.org/people/james-kelly|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.csis.org|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=James Andrew Kelly|url=https://asiafoundation.org/people/james-andrew-kelly/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=The Asia Foundation|language=en-US}} Kelly served special assistant for national security affairs to President Ronald Reagan, and as senior director for Asian affairs on the United States National Security Council from March 1986 to March 1989. From 1989 to 1994, Kelly was president of EAP Associates, Inc., of Honolulu, which provided international business consulting services with an Asia and Pacific focus to private clients.

From 1994 to 2001, Kelly was president of Pacific Forum International, which has analyzed and led dialogue on Asia–Pacific political, security, and economic/business issues since 1975. He has served as a senior adviser and distinguished alumni at CSIS.{{Cite web|title=Kelly, James A.|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/k/9202.htm|access-date=2021-03-10|website=2001-2009.state.gov|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=James A. Kelly|url=https://keia.org/staff/james-a-kelly/|access-date=2021-03-10|website=Korea Economic Institute of America|language=en}} In 2002, Kelly worked as an envoy to North Korea.{{Cite news|last=French|first=Howard W.|date=2002-10-06|title=U.S. Envoy Tells North Korea of Arms Concerns (Published 2002)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/world/us-envoy-tells-north-korea-of-arms-concerns.html|access-date=2021-03-10|issn=0362-4331}}

From 2001 to 2005, Kelly served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. President George W. Bush nominated Kelly on April 3, 2001. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, 2001 and sworn in on May 1, 2001.

In 2020, Kelly, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."{{cite web |url=https://www.defendingdemocracytogether.org/national-security/ |title=Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden |date=20 August 2020 |website=Defending Democracy Together |access-date=26 August 2021}}

Kelly currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Directors of Pacific Forum International.{{cite web | url=https://pacforum.org/contributor/james-a-kelly | title=James A. Kelly }}