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Robert A. Manning

Robert A. Manning is a Senior Advisor to the Asia Program at the Atlantic Council. 

He is currently Director, Long-Range Energy and Regional/Global Affairs, U.S. National Intelligence Council, Long Range Analysis Unit. 

From 2001-2008, he was Senior Counselor, Energy, Technology and Science Policy, Department of State, where he advised the Under-Secretary of State for Global Affairs and other senior officials on a range of issues including: energy and climate change policy; new energy technologies; development issues and the Millennium Challenge Account, science and technology issues; and North Korea and Iran nuclear issues. He also created the Global Issue Forum with India and subsequently with China. Developed policy ideas for new global architecture and Asian regional architecture.

From 1997-2001, he was Director of Asian Studies and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He led several CFR task forces including the Korea Task Fource and The Southeast Asia Task Force among others. His publications at CFR The Asian Energy Factor (Palgrave/St. Martins 2000), China, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control; essays on nuclear weapons, numerous journal articles on international energy and Asian security issues; and roughly half a dozen book chapters in edited volumes on China, Korea, Japan and energy and energy security.

From 1989-1993, he was an Advisor for Policy and Public Diplomacy to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian  and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State. From 1988-1989, he was an Advisor to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

He is a frequent contributor to Foreign Affairs and Survival; has a monthly column in Chosen Ilbo (Korea);  and is regular contributor and commentator to many television and print media outlets.

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The Day After: President Saakashvili on Post-Revolutionary Societies and What Comes After the Arab Spring

On February 1, the Atlantic Council held a discussion with the Honorable Mikheil Saakashvili, president of Georgia, at the US Institute of Peace.

Nigeria on the Edge

On January 31, the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a panel discussion, “Nigeria On The Edge”

Call for Applications: Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits

The Atlantic Council is accepting applicants for the 2012 Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits until February 6, 2012. Learn how to apply.

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