Robert Suettinger
National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council
In office
1997–1998
PresidentBill Clinton (1993–2001)
Vice PresidentAl Gore (1993–2001)
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Alma materLawrence University, Columbia University
OccupationSenior Advisor at The Stimson Center
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蘇葆立
Simplified Chinese苏葆立

Robert L. Suettinger is an American international relations scholar currently serving as a senior advisor at The Stimson Center and an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).[1][2][3] He was national intelligence officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) from 1997 to 1998 during the Clinton administration. While there, he oversaw the preparation of national intelligence estimates for the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. His areas of specialty are the People's Republic of China[4] and the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Education

Suettinger holds a BA from Lawrence University and a MA in comparative politics from Columbia University.[5][6]

Career

Suettinger served as Director for Asian Affairs[7] on the National Security Council from March 1994 to October 1997,[8] where he assisted National Security Advisers Anthony Lake and Sandy Berger in the development and implementation of U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific region.

He also served as deputy national intelligence officer for East Asia at the NIC from 1989 to 1994, and from 1987 to 1989 was President George H. W. Bush's director of the office of analysis for East Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

After working in the Clinton administration, Suettinger joined the Brookings Institution as a senior analyst.[9]

Publications

Books

Reports

Articles

  • Leadership Policy toward Taiwan and the United States in the Wake of Chen Shui-bian's Reelection, Hoover Institution, July 30, 2004[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Experts | The Stimson Center | Pragmatic Steps for Global Security". www.stimson.org. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. ↑ Buckley, Chris; Perlez, Jane (2015-09-21). "Xi Jinping of China Arriving in U.S. at Moment of Vulnerability". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Robert L. Suettinger". Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  4. ↑ Jehl, D. (October 19, 2004). "Secret Papers About China Are Released By the C.I.A." The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Robert Suettinger, Asia-Pacific Expert, Joins Brookings as Visiting Fellow". 30 November 2001.
  6. ↑ "Former U.S. Intelligence Officer, East Asian Expert Named Lawrence University Scarff Professor for Spring Term". January 12, 2007.
  7. ↑ Rosenbaum, D. E. (November 15, 1997). "Campaign Finance Witness Describes Role Informally". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Book: Beyond Tiananmen – The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000". brookings.edu. June 15, 2003. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  9. ↑ Perlez, J. (July 14, 1999). "U.S. Asking Taiwan to Explain Its Policy After Uproar". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  10. ↑ Suettinger, R. L. (2003). Beyond Tiananmen – The Politics of U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000. Brookings Institution Press.
  11. ↑ Swaine, Michael D., ed. (2006). Managing Sino-American crises: case studies and analysis (1. print ed.). Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ISBN 978-0-87003-228-8.
  12. ↑ Honey and Vinegar: Incentives, Sanctions, and Foreign Policy. Brookings Institution Press. 2000. doi:10.7864/j.ctvdmx068. ISBN 978-0-8157-3356-0.
  13. ↑ "Leadership Policy toward Taiwan and the United States in the Wake of Chen Shui-bian's Reelection". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
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