Hartsville, SC — Robert Suettinger, author of the recently published Beyond Tiananmen: The Politics of US-China Relations 1989-2000 (Brookings Institution, 2003), will speak at Coker College on Tuesday, October 28 from 3-5:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater of the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

A former senior policy analyst at RAND and a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Suettinger will address “The Relationship Between Domestic and Foreign Policy: The U.S. and China as a Case Study.” It is the first in a new Distinguished Lecturer Series sponsored by Coker College’s Center for Research in Leadership and Community Development.

Suettinger retired from federal service in 1998 after serving 25 years in foreign policy and intelligence. A China specialist by academic training, Suettinger spent several years as an analyst and manager in the CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence. He was later assigned to the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research as Director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific. Suettinger also served as the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia on the National Intelligence Council.

Beginning in 1994, Suettinger was Director of Asian Affairs on the National Security Council, assisting National Security Advisors Anthony Lake and Samuel R. Berger in the development of U.S. policy toward East Asia. He is currently the Director of Research for MBP Consulting Limited, a division of the law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Washington, DC.

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