"This small gem of a book, written by a highly respected foreign policy practitioner, is filled to overflowing with insights into how policies are made and implemented. It should be required reading for all students of foreign affairs." --Stapleton Roy, Former U.S. ambassador to China, Indonesia, and Singapore "Benefiting from his rich experience in Asian matters and particularly his service on President Obama's National Security Council, Ambassador Bader has produced a fascinating description of the complexity of daily decisionmaking required of the national security team, ranging from organizing agendas and follow-up for innumerable meetings by the president with heads of state to responding to crises such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Anyone interested in foreign policy, particularly regarding Asia, will find this highly readable account fascinating." --Carla Hills, Hills and Company International Consultants, former U.S. Trade Representative "An exemplary analysis of U.S. policy toward Asia during the early years of the Obama administration, Obama and China's Rise is also a seasoned policymaker's firsthand account of the way in which domestic political factors impinge on our relations with China, Japan, Korea, and other East Asian countries." --Michael Armacost, Chairman of the Asia Foundation, former U.S. ambassador to Japan
Jeffrey A. Bader is the John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow for International Diplomacy with the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He returned to Brookings after serving in the Obama administration from January 2009 to April 2011 as senior director for East Asian affairs on the National Security Council. Prior to joining the Obama team, he was a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings, where he also served as the first director of the Thornton Center.
"This small gem of a book, written by a highly respected foreign policy practitioner,is filled to overflowing with insights into how policies are made and implemented.It should be required reading for all students of foreign affairs." Stapleton Roy, Former U.S. ambassador to China, Indonesia, and Singapore|"Benefiting from his rich experience in Asian matters and particularly his service onPresident Obama's National Security Council, Ambassador Bader has produceda fascinating description of the complexity of daily decisionmaking required ofthe national security team, ranging from organizing agendas and follow-up forinnumerable meetings by the president with heads of state to responding to crisessuch as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Anyone interested in foreign policy,particularly regarding Asia, will find this highly readable account fascinating." Carla Hills, Hills and Company International Consultants, former U.S. Trade Representative|"An exemplary analysis of U.S. policy toward Asia during the early years of theObama administration, Obama and China's Rise is also a seasoned policymaker'sfirsthand account of the way in which domestic political factors impinge on ourrelations with China, Japan, Korea, and other East Asian countries." Michael Armacost, Chairman of the Asia Foundation, former U.S. ambassador to Japan
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