James Steinberg
| James B. Steinberg | |
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| 16th United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
| In office January 28, 2009 – July 28, 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Secretary | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Negroponte |
| Succeeded by | William Joseph Burns |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 7, 1953 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sherburne B. Abbott |
| Children | two |
James Braidy "Jim" Steinberg (born May 7, 1953)[1] is an American academic and political advisor, and former Deputy Secretary of State. He is currently Dean and Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
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Biography
Early career
Steinberg was born to a Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] He was educated at Phillips Academy (1970),[citation needed] Harvard College (1973), and Yale Law School (1978).[2] His previous positions included a senior fellowship for US Strategic Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, UK (1985–1987), and senior analyst at RAND Corporation (1989–1993). Steinberg also served as a Senior Advisor to the Markle Foundation (2000-2001) and was a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.
Carter campaign
During the national elections which brought U.S. President Jimmy Carter into office, Steinberg worked on the presidential campaign of the Carter-Mondale ticket.[3]
Clinton administration
Steinberg served as US State Department Director of Policy Planning (1994–1996), then Deputy National Security Advisor (December 1996 – 2001) to US President Bill Clinton. He also served on the Project on National Security Reform's Guiding Coalition.
Brookings Institution Director and Lyndon B. Johnson School Dean
After serving in the Clinton administration, Steinberg was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and the Institution's vice president and director of Foreign Policy Studies (2001–2005). Steinberg was then Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin (2006–2009) until his appointment as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State on January 28, 2009, taking a leave of absence from the School for the duration of his term in office.[4]
Obama administration
According to the Wall Street Journal, Steinberg, along with Daniel Kurtzer and Dennis Ross, were among the principal authors of Barack Obama’s address on the Middle East to AIPAC in June 2008, which was viewed as the Democratic Party nominee’s most expansive on international affairs.[5]
He was mentioned as being "at the top" of Obama's list of candidates for the post of National Security Advisor,[6] but Andrea Mitchell reported on November 24, 2008 that Hillary Clinton would appoint Steinberg Deputy Secretary of State.[7] On December 23, 2008, Steinberg himself confirmed the appointment in a letter addressed to students and faculty at the Johnson school.[8]
As Deputy Secretary of State and principal Deputy to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,[4] Steinberg notably coined the phrase "strategic reassurance" to describe U.S.-China relations suggestive of the idea that the United States should reassure China about welcoming China's rise while China would reassure the US and its neighbors that it would not conflict with their interests.[9][10]
Israel-U.S. Strategic Dialogue
In October 2010, Steinberg met with Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, in Washington, D.C., where they discussed how to improve regional security and stability through boosting and growing the already strong cooperation between their two nations. During the talks, both delegates expressed their commitment to a lasting peace between Israel and its neighbors and their grave concern regarding Iran’s continued non-compliance with its international obligations through pursuit of a military nuclear program.[11]
The following spring, they met in Jerusalem where they again took advantage of the opportunity to work together to identify and strategize against the threats both countries face including the rapidly changing political situation in the Middle East and the ongoing Iranian nuclear program.[12]
Maxwell School Deanship
In March 2011, Steinberg was named Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.[13] On July 28, 2011, he resigned as Deputy Secretary of State and assumed his new position.
Publications
- Turning to the Pacific: U.S. Strategic Rebalancing toward Asia, coauthored by James Steinberg, Asia Policy (July 2012)
Personal life
He is married to Sherburne B. Abbott, the director of the Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability at the University of Texas at Austin. They have two daughters: Jenna and Emma.[2]
References
- ↑ date & year of birth according to LCNAF CIP data
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jewish Virtual Library: "James B. Steinberg" retrieved October 26, 2013
- ↑ Mazzetti, Mark, "The New Team -- James B. Steinberg," The New York Times, November 8, 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 US Department of State biography for James B. Steinberg, accessed March 16, 2011[dead link]
- ↑ Obama's Mideast Experts Emphasize Talks, Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2008; Page A7
- ↑ Want a Security Post? Say Nothing., Helene Cooper, New York Times, November 6, 2008
- ↑ Morning Show Summary., Mark Halperin, The Page, November 24, 2008
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External links
- James Steinberg [1] at The American Assembly's Next Generation Project
- James B. Steinberg at US State Department
- Research and commentary at the Brookings Institution
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Works by or about James Steinberg in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- James Steinberg collected news and commentary at Al Jazeera English
- James Steinberg collected news and commentary at Bloomberg News
- James Steinberg collected news and commentary at Fox News
- James Steinberg collected news and commentary at The Jerusalem Post
- James Steinberg collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Preventive war, a useful tool (by James Steinberg/Ivo Daalder). December 4, 2005
- Policy Challenges and Opportunities for the United States in Asia (Keynote address from 2010 Asia Policy Assembly, June 17, 2010)
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Deputy National Security Advisor 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Stephen Hadley |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | United States Deputy Secretary of State 2009 – 2011 |
Succeeded by William Joseph Burns |
- Articles with dead external links from July 2014
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013
- 1953 births
- Living people
- United States Deputy Secretaries of State
- American diplomats
- American foreign policy writers
- American male writers
- Clinton Administration personnel
- Harvard University alumni
- Jewish American politicians
- Obama Administration personnel
- Phillips Academy alumni
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- Yale Law School alumni
- Directors of Policy Planning
- Syracuse University faculty
