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Alan D. Romberg is currently a Senior Associate at The Henry L. Stimson Center and has previously served as the Senior Adviser and Director of the Washington Office of the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Additional positions have included the following: Principal Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State; Director, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace; C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State. In the latter position he served in various positions dealing with Asia policy, including on the staff of the National Security Council, as a Member of Department of State Policy Planning Staff, and as Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Deputy Spokesman of the Department. He received the Distinguished Honor Award and Superior Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State, a Congressional Fellowship from the American Political Science Association and a Foreign Area Fellowship from the Ford Foundation. Mr. Romberg received a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and an MA in Soviet Studies from Harvard University. His military service was with the U.S. Navy.

Mr. Romberg discussed issues related to Taiwan and current efforts to simultaneously maintain democracy and peace in that area of the world.