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Richard ArmitageCSIS Trustee |
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Beginning in March 2005, Richard L. Armitage became president of Armitage International. From 2001 to 2005, he served as U.S. deputy secretary of state. From 1993 to 2001, he was president of Armitage Associates L.C. In the course of his career, he has been engaged in a range of worldwide business and public policy endeavors, as well as frequent public speaking and writing. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Armitage (with the personal rank of ambassador) directed U.S. assistance to the newly independent states (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. From 1989 to 1992, he filled key diplomatic positions as presidential special negotiator for the Philippines Military Bases Agreement and special mediator for water in the Middle East. President George H.W. Bush sent him as a special emissary to Jordan’s King Hussein during the l99l Gulf War. In the Pentagon from 1983 to 1989, he served as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. Mr. Armitage came to Washington in 1975 as a Pentagon consultant and was posted in Tehran, Iran, until 1976. Following two years in the private sector, he took the position of administrative assistant to Senator Robert Dole (R-Kan.) in 1978. In the 1980 Reagan campaign, Mr. Armitage was senior adviser to the Interim Foreign Policy Advisory Board. From 1981 to 1983, he was deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia and Pacific affairs. Born in 1945, Mr. Armitage graduated in 1967 from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served on a destroyer stationed on the Vietnam gun line and subsequently completed three combat tours in Vietnam. Fluent in Vietnamese, he left active duty in 1973 and joined the U.S. defense attaché’s office in Saigon. Immediately prior to the fall of Saigon, he organized and led the removal of Vietnamese naval assets and personnel from the country. He has received numerous U.S. military decorations, as well as decorations from the governments of Thailand, Republic of Korea, Bahrain, and Pakistan. On December 15, 2005, he was awarded a KBE and became a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Mr. Armitage currently serves on the boards of ConocoPhillips, ManTech International Corporation, and Transcutaneous Technologies. He is also a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He has recently received the Department of State Distinguished Service Award and has received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service four times, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Award for Outstanding Public Service, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award. |
CSIS Publications by Richard Armitage
PacNet #10A February 4, 2008: Stop Getting Mad, America, Get Smart 02/04/2008
Afterword: Election '08, Smart Power '09 in Global Forecast: the Top Security Challenges of 2008 11/14/2007
A Smarter, More Secure America 11/06/2007
Issues & Insights Vol. 07 - No.15 - September 2007 09/20/2007
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Richard Armitage In the News
Michael Green, a CSIS Senior Adviser, and Richard Armitage, a CSIS Trustee, were quoted by the Associated Press, "Australian Premier, Bush Eager to Strike Balance on Response to Chinese Crackdown in Tibet." 03/28/2008
The CSIS Commission on Smart Power Report served as the basis of an article in the Boston Globe, "Next President Urged to Fix Global Image." 11/07/2007
The CSIS Commission on Smart Power Report was the basis for an article in the Financial Times, "Change 'War on Terror' Policy, Says Study." 11/07/2007
CSIS Trustees and Smart Power co-chairs Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye appeared on PBS' Charlie Rose Show on the Smart Power Report. 11/06/2007
The CSIS Smart Power Commission and its co-chairs Richard Armitage and Joseph Nye, and CSIS Senior Adviser Edward Luttwak, were featured in an NPR report, "Bush Team Explores Use of 'Soft Power.'" 03/23/2007
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Testimony by Richard Armitage
Implementing Smart Power: Setting an Agenda for National Security Reform 04/24/2008
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