David I. Steinberg

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David I. Steinberg (born 1928) is a retired American historian and former U.S. Foreign Service Officer. As of 2023, he holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies Emeritus at Georgetown University. [1] [2] David Steinberg specialises in Myanmar, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asia, and U.S. policy in Asia. Steinberg is a prolific author with fourteen books and over 150 articles and book chapters to his name, in addition to approximately 300 op-eds. He has received degrees from Dartmouth College, Lingnan University, Harvard University, and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

As a member of the Senior Foreign Service at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) within the Department of State, Steinberg served as the Director for Technical Assistance in Asia and the Middle East. He also held the position of Director for Philippines, Thailand, and Burma Affairs. During his time with USAID, he spent three years in Thailand at the Regional Development Office. Prior to his tenure at Georgetown, he held positions as a Representative of the Asia Foundation in Korea, Hong Kong, Burma, and Washington, D.C. Additionally, he served as the Distinguished Professor of Korean Studies at Georgetown University and as the President of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs.

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  1. "David I Steinberg". georgetown.edu. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  2. "Steinberg, David I." worldcat.org. Retrieved February 11, 2017.