Amb. Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., Chairman, Projects International, Inc.; President, Middle East Policy Council; Co-Chair, US-China Policy Council; Vice Chair, Atlantic Council

EDUCATION

J.D., Harvard Law School

A.B., Yale University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – HIGHLIGHTS

 Distinguished Fellow, United States Institute of Peace

Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs

Distinguished Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies

U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, African Affairs

Charge/Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy (Bangkok; Beijing)

Director, Chinese Affairs, Department of State

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

 Elected to American Academy of Diplomacy

Distinguished Public Service Award

Order of 'Abd Al-'Aziz, 1^st Class

Defense Meritorious service (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)

CIA Medallion (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)

Distinguished Honor Award (Desert Shield/Desert Storm)

Presidential Meritorious Service Award

PUBLICATIONS

Partial listing:

"Preventing War in the Taiwan Strait" in Foreign Affairs, vol. 77, No. 4, 1998

 Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy, U.S. Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 1997

The Diplomat's Dictionary, second edition, revised, U.S. Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 1997

"Sino-American Relations: Back to Basics" in Foreign Policy, No. 104, 1996

Managing U.S. Relations with China, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford, California, 1996

"Same Strait, Different Memories" Remembering and Forgetting: The Legacy of Peace and War in East Asia, CSIS, Washington, D.C. , 1996