James J. Shinn

James J. Shinn is a former U.S. official. He has a long history in public service and foreign affairs. He appeared on C-Span in 2009 discussing the War in Afghanistan.[1]

James J. Shinn seated to the right of Robert Gates

Education

Shinn earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, followed by his MBA at Harvard. He returned to complete his PhD at Princeton.[2]

Career

From 1976 until 1979, he worked for the Asia Bureau of the Department of State. From 1993 to 1996, Shinn was a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2003 until 2006, Shinn was an East Asia national intelligence officer for the CIA and director of National Intelligence.[2]

He served in the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs during U.S. President George W. Bush's presidency from December 19, 2007.[3] In his position, he helped oversee aid requests by Pakistan.[4]

He has been a visiting professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service teaching classes on technology and foreign policy and worked in the U.S. State Department's East Asia Bureau. He has also been a tech company executive and co-authored Political Power & Corporate Control.[5]

Further reading
Works by James J. Shinn

References
  1. "James J. Shinn | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  2. Charles L. Pritchard; John H. Tilelli; Scott Snyder (2010). U.S. Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula. Council on Foreign Relations. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-0-87609-489-1.
  3. "results.gov : Resources For The President's Team". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov.
  4. Spiegel, Peter; Miller, Greg (7 May 2008). "Pentagon puts brakes on funds to Pakistan". Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "Political Power and Corporate Control". August 5, 2007 – via press.princeton.edu.
  6. Morck, Randall. The International History Review, vol. 29, no. 1, 2007, pp. 223–225. JSTOR. Accessed 8 Jan. 2020.


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