Consultant at Department of Defense
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Consultant at US Department of Defense
- Past
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- Senior Research Advisor at U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
- Policy Advisory Group at United States Department of Defense
- Visiting Research Fellow at National Defense University
- Special Government Employee at US Department of Defense
- Research Consultant at US Agency for International Development
- Special Assistant to Director of Net Assessment Andy Marshall at US Department of Defense
- Congressional Afghan Task Force Senate Staff Coordinator at US Senate
- Assistant Under Secretary for Policy Planning at US Department of Defense
- Professional Staff at U.S. Senate
- Acting Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency at U.S. Department of State
- Research Fellow Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University
- Social Science Department at RAND
- Dissertation Fellow at National Science Foundation
- Assistant Political Affairs Officer at United Nations
- Education
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- Stanford University
- Columbia University in the City of New York
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Michael Pillsbury’s Summary
Michael Pillsbury
Author of two books on China available for free download at NDU Press
China Debates the Future Security Environment
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/books%20-%202000/China%20Debates%20Future%20Sec%20Environ%20Jan%202000/pills2.htm
Chinese Views of Future Warfare
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/books/books%20-%01998/Chinese%20Views%20of%20Future%20Warfare%20-%20Sept%2098//chinacont.html
Profile in Wall St. Journal available at http://www.taiwandc.org/wsj-2005-06.htm
US China Commission Congressional Reports
China’s Progress in Technological Competitiveness
The Need for a New Assessment http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2005/05_04_21_technological_progress.pdf
The US Role in Taiwan’s Defense Reforms
http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2004/04_05_24_dr_pspeechintaipei_final1.php
AN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA’S ANTI-SATELLITE AND SPACE WARFARE PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND DOCTRINES
http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2007/FINAL_REPORT_1-19-2007_REVISED_BY_MPP.pdf
China's Military Strategy Toward the U.S.: A View From Open Sources
Strategic Acupuncture Foreign Policy Winter 1980 http://www.jstor.org/pss/1148172
US-China Military Ties? Foreign Policy Autumn 1975 http://www.jstor.org/pss/1148126
A Japanese Card? Foreign Policy Winter 1978 http://www.jstor.org/pss/1148458
Future Sino American Security Ties: The View from Tokyo, Moscow, and Peking
International Security Spring 1977 http://www.jstor.org/pss/2538627
Rand reports:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/p/pillsbury_michael.html
Statement to the Subcommittee on Future Foreign Policy Research and Development, Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives - 1976
Personal Ties and Factionalism in Peking - 1975
The Political Environment on Taiwan. - 1975
Salt on the Dragon: Chinese Views of the Soviet-American Strategic Balance - 1975
Soviet Apprehensions about Sino-American Relations, 1971-74 - 1975
Michael Pillsbury’s Experience
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Consultant
US Department of Defense
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
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Senior Research Advisor
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
(Government Agency; Government Relations industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
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Policy Advisory Group
United States Department of Defense
(Government Agency; Military industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Visiting Research Fellow
National Defense University
(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Author of China Debates the Future Security Environment NDU Press 2000
Michael Pillsbury is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, and an Honorary Councilor of the Atlantic Council of the United States, where he is sponsored by the Office of Net Assessment, Department of Defense. During the Reagan administration, Dr. Pillsbury was the Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning; under President Bush he was Special Assistant for Asian Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, reporting to Andrew W. Marshall, Director of Net Assessment. Previously he served on the staff of several U.S. Senate Committees.
In 1975-76, while an analyst at The RAND Corporation, Pillsbury published articles in Foreign Policy and International Security recommending that the United States establish intelligence and military ties with China. The proposal, publicly commended by Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, and James Schlesinger, later became U.S. policy.
Dr. Michael Pillsbury studied Mandarin Chinese for two years at the Stanford Center in Taipei, Taiwan, under a doctoral dissertation fellowship of the National Science Foundation. Pillsbury earned a B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught graduate courses in Chinese foreign policy at Georgetown University, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, and the Naval Postgraduate School. Dr. Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. -
Special Government Employee
US Department of Defense
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years )
Defense Science Board
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Research Consultant
US Agency for International Development
(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)
1991 — 1995 (4 years )
Author "Secret Successes of USAID" - 15 Case Studies and Declassified Documents on Economic Policy Reform
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Special Assistant to Director of Net Assessment Andy Marshall
US Department of Defense
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
1992 — 1993 (1 year )
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Congressional Afghan Task Force Senate Staff Coordinator
US Senate
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
1986 — 1990 (4 years )
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Assistant Under Secretary for Policy Planning
US Department of Defense
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
1984 — 1986 (2 years )
Concurrently Coordinator for Afghanistan, Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Professional Staff
U.S. Senate
(Government Agency; Legislative Office industry)
1978 — 1984 (6 years )
Senate Budget Committee, Senate Steering Committe, Senate Labor Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Acting Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U.S. Department of State
(Government Agency; International Affairs industry)
January 1981 — May 1981 (5 months)
Transition Team, Reagan Administration
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Research Fellow Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
October 1977 — March 1978 (6 months)
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Social Science Department
RAND
(Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)
April 1973 — October 1977 (4 years 7 months)
Publications available at Rand Corporation website http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/p/pillsbury_michael.html
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Dissertation Fellow
National Science Foundation
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
1970 — 1972 (2 years )
Taipei, Taiwan and Columbia University, NY
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Assistant Political Affairs Officer
United Nations
(Non-Profit; International Affairs industry)
January 1969 — June 1970 (1 year 6 months)
Political Affairs Division, UN Secretariat New York City
Michael Pillsbury’s Education
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Stanford University
BA , History , 1962 — 1966
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Columbia University in the City of New York
Ph.D , Government
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Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the American Political Science Association
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Association of Asian Studies
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Stanford Alumi Association
Michael Pillsbury is a member of the Columbia Alumni Association
