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James A. Kelly

Senior Adviser (Non-resident) and CSIS Distinguished Alumni

Associated Research Focus:

Asia

Associated Programs:

Pacific Forum CSIS

Expertise:

Security, political, and economic affairs in East Asia and the Pacific; defense and foreign policies and the U.S. policy process
James A. Kelly is a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. President George W. Bush nominated him on April 3, 2001; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 26, 2001, and sworn in on May 1, 2001. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Kelly was president of Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu. Pacific Forum has analyzed and led dialogue on Asia-Pacific political, security, and economic/business issues since 1975. It is the autonomous Pacific arm of CSIS in Washington, D.C. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Kelly was president of EAP Associates, Inc., of Honolulu, which provided international business consulting services with an Asia/Pacific focus to private clients. Earlier, he served at the White House as special assistant for national security affairs to President Ronald Reagan and as senior director for Asian affairs for the National Security Council from 1986 to 1989 under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Kelly was at the Pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs (East Asia and Pacific). He earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard School of Business Administration 1968. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (B.S., 1959) and the National War College (1977). He served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1982, concluding his active duty as a captain in the Supply Corps.

CSIS Publications by James A. Kelly


PacNet #18 March 13, 2008: "Facts Please" 03/13/2008
Issues & Insights Vol. 07 - No.3 - March 2007 03/31/2007
Pacnet #23B June 10, 2005: Mounting Tensions in Northeast Asia: what are the deeper causes? 06/10/2005
Pacnet #09 March 7, 2005: U.S. East Asia Policy 03/07/2005
Pacnet #09E February 13, 2004: Ensuring a Korean Peninsula Free of Nuclear Weapons 02/13/2004
Pacnet #18 May 4, 2001: James Kelly Confirmation Testimony (excerpts) 05/04/2001
Pacnet #10 March 10, 2000: Two Perspectives on the Cross-Strait "White Paper" 03/10/2000
Pacnet #45 November 20, 1998: Firmness and Realism Needed on North Korea 11/20/1998
Pacnet #01 January 2, 1998: East Asia’s Rolling Economic Crises: Worries for the Year of the Tiger 01/02/1998
 

 

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