The Mid-Coast Forum on Foreign Relations recently hosted a talk by Michael Pilsbury. His talk was entitled "A China Policy for the United States.”
Michael Pillsbury is a defense policy adviser, former government official and author of books and reports on China. 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 during the administrations of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He served on the staff of four U.S. Senate Committees from 1978-1984 and 1986-1991. As a staff member, Pillsbury drafted the Senate Labor Committee version of the legislation that enacted the U.S. Institute of Peace in 1984. He also assisted in drafting the legislation to create the National Endowment for Democracy and the annual requirement for a DOD report on Chinese Military Power.
This talk was recorded February 4, 2013 in Northport at Point Lookout.