Background
Steinberg, James Braidy was born on May 7, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert Steinberg.
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Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power
( New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to forei...)
New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to foreign policy. Less than three months into his presidency, for example, John F. Kennedy authorized the disastrous effort to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs. More recently, George W. Bush had been in office for less than eight months when he was faced with the attacks of September 11. How should an incoming president prepare for the foreign policy challenges that lie immediately ahead? That's the question Kurt Campbell and James Steinberg tackle in this compelling book. Drawing on their decades of government service —in the corridors of Capitol Hill, the intimate confines of the White House, the State Department, and the bare-knuckles Pentagon bureaucracy —Campbell and Steinberg identify the major foreign policy pitfalls that face a new presidential administration. They explain clearly and concisely what it takes to get foreign policy right from the start. The authors set the scene with a historical overview of presidential transitions and foreign policy including case studies of such prominent episodes as the "Black Hawk Down" tragedy in Somalia that shook the Clinton administration in its first year and the Bush administration's handling of the collision between a U.S. reconnaissance plane and a Chinese fighter jet in the spring of 2001. They pinpoint the leading causes of foreign policy fiascos, including the tendency to write off the policies of the outgoing administration and the failure to appreciate the differences between campaign promises and policy realities. Most important, they provide a road map to help the new administration steer clear of the land mines ahead. America's next president will confront critical foreign policy decisions from day one. Dif ficult Transitions provides essential guidance for getting those choices right.
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James Braidy Steinberg
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Bachelor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972. Juris Doctor, Yale Law School, New Haven, 1987.
Career
Special assistant to assistant secretary planning/evaluation United States Department Health Education & Welfare, 1977. Law clerk to Honorary David L. Bazelon United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit), 1978—1979. Special assistant to assistant attorney general (civil division) United States Department Justice, 1979—1980.
Minority counsel Labor & Human Resources Committee United States Senate, 1981—1983, principal aide to senator Edward Kennedy Armed Services Committee, 1983—1985. Senior fellow United States strategic policy International Institute Strategic Studies, London, 1985—1987. Senior deputy issues director foreign policy/national defense Michael Dukakis Presidential Campaign, 1988.
Senior analyst Research and Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1989—1993. Deputy assistant secretary analysis Bureau Intelligence & Research United States Department State, Washington, 1993—1994, chief of staff, director policy planning staff, 1994—1996. Deputy national security advisory to President Bill Clinton National Security Council, 1996—2000.
Personal representative to President Bill Clinton G-8 summits The White House, 1998—1999. Vice president, director foreign policy studies Brookings Institution, Washington, 2001—2005. Dean Lyndon B. Johnson School Public Affairs, University Texas, Austin, 2006—2009.
Deputy secretary United States Department State, Washington, since 2009. Member president's council international activities Yale University. Board directors Pacific Council International Policy.
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Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power
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Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power
Membership
Member senior advisory council Next Generation Project The American Assembly, Columbia University. Member of Council Foreign Relations.
Connections
Married Sherburne Bradstreet Abbott, October 1, 1994. Adopted children: Jenna, Emma.
