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The Taiwan Presidential Election: Implications for Cross-Strait Relations and U.S. Policy

The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University presents Alan Romberg.

When:
February 28, 2012 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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Speaker:
Alan Romberg

Distinguished Fellow and Director of the East Asia program, The Stimson Center

Seminar: Democracy in Taiwan Project

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP on our website at this page.

About the Speaker:
Alan Romberg is the director of the East Asia program at Stimson.

Before joining Stimson in September 2000, he enjoyed a distinguished career working on Asian issues, both in and out of government, including twenty years as a US Foreign Service Officer. Romberg was the principal deputy director of the State Department's Policy Planning staff and deputy spokesman of the department. He served in various capacities dealing with East Asia, including director of the Office of Japanese Affairs, member of the Policy Planning staff for East Asia, and staff member at the National Security Council for China. He served overseas in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Additionally, Romberg spent almost ten years as the CV Starr Senior Fellow for Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and was special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.

Romberg holds an MA from Harvard University, and a BA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.