Charles Timothy Hagel is an American military veteran and former politician who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009 and as the 24th United States secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 in the Obama administration.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington,D.C.. CSIS was founded as the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University in 1962. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political,economic and security issues throughout the world,with a specific focus on issues concerning international relations,trade,technology,finance,energy and geostrategy.
Ashton Baldwin Carter is an American public policy professor who served as the 25th secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He is currently director of the Belfer Center for Science &International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat,policy advisor,and public official serving as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Rice served as the 27th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 and as the 23rd U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017.
Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist,diplomat and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
Alexander Russell "Sandy" Vershbow is an American diplomat and former Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Harry Binkley Harris Jr. is a retired American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first American of Japanese descent to lead US Pacific Command in the U.S. Navy and was the highest-ranking American of Japanese descent in the U.S. Navy during his time as commander.
International relations between South Korea and the United States commenced in 1950,when the United States helped establish the modern state of South Korea,also known as the Republic of Korea,and fought on its UN-sponsored side in the Korean War (1950–1953). During the subsequent four decades,South Korea experienced tremendous economic,political and military growth.
Jonathan Scott Gration is a former United States Air Force officer who worked as a policy advisor to President Barack Obama.
Denis Richard McDonough is an American government official serving as the 11th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Joe Biden since 2021.
The term Obama Doctrine is frequently used to describe the principles of US foreign policy under the Obama administration (2009–2017). He relied chiefly on his two highly experienced Secretaries of State:Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) and John Kerry (2013–2017),and Vice President Joe Biden.
Barack Obama assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017) represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States. It took the country's focus from the Middle Eastern/European sphere and began to invest heavily in East Asian countries,some of which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China.
Lee Andrew Feinstein is an American policy-scholar,and former diplomat and senior official at the US Departments of State and Defense. Feinstein held senior positions on leading Democratic presidential campaigns in 2008. He served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2009 to 2012,appointed by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the US Senate. Feinstein is currently the inaugural dean at Indiana University's Lee H. Hamilton and Richard G. Lugar School of Global and International Studies. His nonpartisan scholarship has been recognized by leading Republicans and Democrats.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent serving as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
Daniel R. Russel is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2013 to 2017. Prior to his appointment as Assistant Secretary,Russel was Special Assistant to the President and National Security Staff Senior Director for Asian Affairs. While working at the White House,he was a major figure in the Obama administration's "pivot towards Asia" strategy.
Derek Chollet is an American foreign policy advisor and author currently serving as the Counselor of the United States Department of State. Previously,Chollet was the Executive Vice President for security and defense policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2012 to 2015,Chollet was the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs,where he managed U.S. defense policy involving Europe,NATO,the Middle East,Africa,and the Western Hemisphere for Secretaries Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel.
Colin Hackett Kahl is an American political adviser and academic serving as the under secretary of defense for policy in the Biden administration. Previously,Kahl served as the national security advisor to the vice president under then-Vice President Joe Biden. After the Obama administration,Kahl served as a Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at Stanford University.
Eric Brien Rosenbach is an American public servant and retired U.S. Army Captain who served as Pentagon Chief of Staff from July 2015 to January 2017 and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security from September 2014 to September 2015. As Chief of Staff,Rosenbach assisted Secretary Ash Carter on the Department of Defense's major challenges of the time,which included increased Russian aggression,the Syrian Civil War,and North Korean missile tests.
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