October 13, 2008

Is U.S. leadership declining in the Asia-Pacific region? And will the country remain economically influential in the region? Asian Studies visiting professor Robert Sutter discusses U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific, the topic of his new book, "The United States in Asia." He also discusses the next President's biggest challenge regarding foreign
policy towards Asia.

Robert Sutter became a Visiting Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in August 2001. Dr. Sutter specialized in Asian and Pacific Affairs and US foreign policy in a US government career of 30 years. He held a variety of analytical and supervisory positions with the Library of Congress for over 20 years, and he also worked with the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. After leaving the Library of Congress where he was for many years the Senior Specialist in International Politics for the Congressional Research Service, Dr. Sutter served for two years as the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the US Government's National Intelligence Council. He has published 12 books, numerous articles and several hundred government reports dealing with contemporary East Asian and Pacific countries and their relations with the United States.