Michael Armacost, former U.S. Ambassador, president of The Brookings Institution and current Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University, will speak at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30. His topic, Challenges and Opportunities in America's Relations with East Asia, will include the new problems of terrorism, dangers of nuclear proliferation, sluggish economic growth, and special policy challenges in pan-Asian patterns of regional cooperation. His visit is sponsored by CMC's Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.
During his 24 years in government, Armacost served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; under-secretary of state for political affairs; and in a number of senior policy positions in the National Security Council and Department of Defense. He was educated at Carleton College, Friedrich Wilhelms University, and Columbia University, and has taught and lectured at Georgetown University, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Pomona College, and International Christian University. He is the author of three books; the most recent, "Friends or Rivals? The Insider's Account of U.S.-Japan Relations" (1996), assessing the relations between Japan and the United States in the post-Cold War era. He received the President's Distinguished Service Award, the Defense Department's Distinguished Civilian Service Award, and the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award.
He is a board member of Carleton College, the Asia Foundation, and the American Academy of Diplomacy; a Director of AFLAC, Applied Materials, and Cargill, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and the National Academy of Public Administration.
On-campus reservations may be made by fax to the Athenaeum x18579, or at www.claremontmckenna.edu/mmca. For off-campus reservations, contact the Keck Center at (909) 621-8213.