A Coversation with Michael Schiffer

Dear Reader,

 

The LSE Foundation and the International Politics and Economics lecture series are pleased and proud to present:


Please join us for
A Conversation
with

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia
Michael Schiffer, MSC 1988 Government
 
on

East Asia Security Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities
The rise of Asia represents one of the most profound power transitions in recent world history, with significant implications for US interests and the global order. Join Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Schiffer for a discussion of the new and emerging dynamics of East Asian security and implications for US foreign and security policy.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
6:00pm

Covington & Burling
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004

Reception to follow.
Space is limited.
Free for AFLSE Members and Guests; $10 for non-members.
Kindly respond by phone to 212.433.1115 or on-line at www.aflse.org

About Michael Schiffer

  Michael Schiffer is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs.  Mr. Schiffer came to the Office of the Secretary of Defense in April of 2009 from the Stanley Foundation where he was a program officer in Policy Analysis and Dialogue responsible for the foundation's Asia programs as well as a range of other US national and global security issues from 2006-2009.  From 2004-2005 he was a Council on Foreign Relations Hitachi International Affairs Fellow in Japan.

  From 1995-2004, Schiffer worked on the staff of US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), where he was her senior national security adviser and legislative director.  Prior to that, he was director of International Security Programs at New York University's Center for War, Peace, and the News Media and also managed a bed and breakfast inn in Hawaii.

  Schiffer is a Center for Asia and Pacific Studies Fellow at the University of Iowa and has published widely on a range of international security, political and media issues.  He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and graduate degrees from the London School of Economics and New York University.



Washington, DC: A Conversation with Michael Schiffer
Thursday, 10/1/09 at 9:00pm

Please join us for a conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, Michael Schiffer, MSC 1988 Government.
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