Rechard E. Feinberg

Bio

Professor Feinberg is an authority on U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions, and summitry. He is an expert on trade and investment, globalization, democratization, and non-governmental organizations. Feinberg serves as director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center, dedicated to research, scholarly exchange and public education on subjects of interests to APEC member countries. He is co-director of the Leadership Council on Inter-American Summitry, a blue-ribbon council that evaluates progress in U.S.-Latin American relations. He is also the coordinator of the APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN) a pan-Pacific coalition of experts that monitors and evaluates APEC's performance. Feinberg has authored more than 150 articles and books.

As an International Political Economy Professor at the University of California San Diego, Feinberg teaches classes on APEC: Regional Integration, Policies and Procedures; Current Issues in U.S.-Latin American Relations; Making U.S. Foreign Policy; and Civil Society and Development: How NGO’s Can Make a Difference. Feinberg served as special assistant to President Clinton for National Security Affairs and Senior Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Office of Inter-American Affairs. While at the NSC, he was the principal architect of the 1994 Summit of the Americas in Miami. He previously served as President of the Inter-American Dialogue, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Development Council, and has held positions on the policy planning staff of the U.S. Department of State and the Office of International Affairs in the U.S. Treasury Department. He joined IR/PS in 1996, has a Ph.D. in International Economics from Stanford University, a B.A. in European History from Brown University and speaks fluent Spanish.

Academic Background

  • Stanford University, Ph.D. in international economics, 1978

  • Brown University, B.A. cum laude in European history, 1969

  • University College, University of London. Concentration in British history

  • Horace Mann Preparation School, New York. President, student council.

Areas of Expertise

  • U.S. foreign policy
  • Multilateral institutions (IMF, World Bank)
  • Summitry (APEC, Summitry in the Americas, G-8)
  • Trade and investment
  • Globalization, democratization
  • Non-governmental organizations

Present Position (s)

  • Professor, University of California, San Diego and Director, APEC Study Center; co-director of Leadership Council for Inter-American Summitry; coordinator of APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN).

Previous Position (s)

  • Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director, Office of Inter-American Affairs, National Security Council, White House (1993-96)

  • President, Inter-American Dialogue (1992-93)

  • Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Overseas Development Council (1982-91)

  • Economist, U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Developing Nations Finance, Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs (1975-77)

  • Consultant to the Ford Foundation, State Department, Inter-American Development Bank, the Latin American Economic System (SELA), and other philanthropic organizations and private firms

  • Adjunct professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (1980-85)

Other Activities and Memberships

Publications

Research: Books and Articles

  • Regionalism and domestic politics: U.S.-Latin American trade policy in the Bush era. Latin American Politics and Society. Winter 2002, v44, i4.

  • "The Virtual Diplomacy of APEC," Foreign Affairs en Espanol. Fall-Winter, 2002

  • The Qubec Summit: Tear Gas, Trade, and Democracy. The North-South Center Update May 2001

  • Comparing Regional Integration In Non-Identical Twins: APEC and the FTAA Integration and Trade, Vol. 4, No. 10, 2000.

  • “Regimes of Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere: Power, Interests and Intellectual Traditions.” International Studies Quarterly, March 1999.

  • From Talk to Action: How Summits Can Help Forge a Western Hemisphere Community of Prosperous Democracies. Report of the Leadership Council for InterAmerican Summitry, 1998.

  • Summitry in the Americas (link to publisher and review) Institute for International Economics, 1997.

  • “The Intemperate Zone: The Third World Challenge to US Foreign Policy.” W.W. Norton, 1983.

White Papers:

  • San Diego, Baja California and Globalization: Coming from Behind. October 2001

  • Why the FTAA Needs a Democracy Clause Briefing for New Democrats Online. February 2001

  • Advancing Toward Quebec City and Beyond. The Leadership Council for InterAmerican Summitry. Policy Report III, March 2001.

  • The Case for Early and Sustained Engagement with the Americas. A Memorandum for the President-Elect and His Foreign Affairs/National Security Team. November 2000.

  • Mastering Summitry: An Evaluation of the Santiago Summit of the Americas and its Aftermath. The Leadership Council for InterAmerican Summitry. Policy Report II, March 1999

  • From Talk to Action: How Summits Can Help Forge A Western Hemisphere Community of Prosperous Democracies. The Leadership Council for InterAmerican Summitry. Policy Report I, February 1998.

  • Del Dicho al Hecho: Ayudar a Forjar una Comunidad de Democracias Prósperas en el Hemisferio Occidental . The Leadership Council for InterAmerican Summitry. Policy Report I in Spanish, February 1998.

APIAN Reports

  • APIAN - First Report: "Learning from Experience" November 2000

  • APIAN - Second Report: "APIAN Update: Shanghai, Los Cabos and Beyond" October 2001

  • APIAN - Third Report: "Remaking APEC as an Institution" August 2002

Current Research Projects
  • Summits and Regional Institutions
  • Current US Free Trade Agreements
  • CAFTA and Labor Rights
  • APEC as a “Bridge” Between Latin America and East Asia
Recommended Links

Areas of Interest

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