Richard C. Bush
{{Short description|American political scientist}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Richard C. Bush III.jpg
| other_names = 卜睿哲
| nationality = American
| education = Lawrence University (BA), Columbia University (MA, PhD)
| occupation = Political scientist, policy analyst
| employer = Brookings Institution
}}
Richard C. Bush III is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and a specialist in China affairs. Since 2002, he has served as the director of Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) of the Brookings Institution, and concurrently as the inaugural Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies.{{cite news |title=Brookings Establishes Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies |url=https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/brookings-establishes-michael-h-armacost-chair-in-foreign-policy-studies/ |accessdate=20 April 2020 |publisher=Brookings Institution |date=21 May 2002}}{{cite news |title=CNAPS Director Richard Bush Awarded Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies |url=https://www.brookings.edu/news-releases/cnaps-director-richard-bush-awarded-armacost-chair-in-foreign-policy-studies/ |accessdate=20 April 2020 |publisher=Brookings Institution |date=19 November 2002}}
Education
Bush holds a BA (1969) from Lawrence University and a MA (1973) and PhD (1978) in political science from Columbia University. His dissertation focused on studies about China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula, and Japan's security.{{Cite web |last3=Bush |first3=Richard C. |title=Richard C. Bush |url=https://www.brookings.edu/people/richard-c-bush/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
Career
Bush began his career in 1977 with the China Council of the Asia Society.
In 1983 he became a staff consultant on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
In 1993 he moved up to the full committee, where he worked on Asia issues and served as liaison with Democratic members.
In 1995, he became national intelligence officer for East Asia and a member of the National Intelligence Council (NIC).
He left the NIC in 1997 to become head of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
He has served in the executive and legislative branches of U. S. government for 19 years, including those of National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and AIT's chairman of the board (1997-2002).[http://www.fpri.org/orbis/5502/bush.taiwan.pdf Taiwan and East Asian Security - Foreign Policy Research Institute]{{cite web |url=http://www.brookings.edu/experts/bushr?view=bio |title=Richard C. Bush III | Brookings Institution |accessdate=2013-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102133702/http://www.brookings.edu/experts/bushr?view=bio |archivedate=2013-11-02 }}
Publications
= Books =
- At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations since 1942, Routledge, February 28, 2004{{Cite web |title=At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942 |url=https://www.routledge.com/At-Cross-Purposes-US-Taiwan-Relations-Since-1942/Bush/p/book/9780765613738 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}
- Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait, Brookings Institution, 2006{{Cite web |title=Untying the Knot |url=https://www.brookings.edu/books/untying-the-knot/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
- A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America, John Wiley & Sons, March 1, 2007 (co-authored with Michael E. O'Hanlon){{Cite book |last=Bush |first=Richard C. |title=A war like no other: the truth about China's challenge to America |last2=O'Hanlon |first2=Michael E. |date=2007 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-471-98677-5 |location=Hoboken, NJ}}
- The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations, Brookings Institution Press, July 15, 2013{{Cite web |title=The Perils of Proximity |url=https://www.brookings.edu/books/the-perils-of-proximity-china-japan-security-relations/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
- Hong Kong in the Shadow of China: Living With the Leviathan, Brookings Institution Press, October 11, 2016{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong in the Shadow of China |url=https://www.brookings.edu/books/hong-kong-in-the-shadow-of-china-living-with-the-leviathan/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
- Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life, Brookings Institution Press, April 13, 2021{{Cite web |title=Difficult Choices |url=https://www.brookings.edu/books/difficult-choices/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
- US-Taiwan Relations, Brookings Institution Press, April 15, 2023 (co-authored with Ryan Hass and Bonnie S. Glaser){{Cite web |title=U.S.-Taiwan Relations |url=https://www.brookings.edu/books/u-s-taiwan-relations/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0c48FOeBU6UC |title=Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations |author=Bush, Richard C. |isbn=978-0-8157-2384-4 |publisher=The Brookings Institution |location=Washington, D.C. |date=2013 |accessdate=23 December 2014}}
- {{cite book |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-one-china-policy-primer/ |title=One China Policy Primer |author=Bush, Richard C. |publisher=The Brookings Institution |location=Washington, D.C. |date=2017 |accessdate=3 March 2017 }}
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|9263813}}
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Category:Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Lawrence University alumni
Category:American political scientists
Category:American political writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers