On Wednesday 10 February Dr Ellen L Frost, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defence University spoke on 'President Obama’s First Year: A View from Washington.'
Dr Ellen Frost, a 38-year veteran of Washington's foreign policy community, discussed what President Obama's first year in office reveals about United States foreign policy. Countering the notion that the US is in irreversible decline, she argued that the same combination of politics, populism, and personality that have made President Obama's first year so difficult will ultimately work to his advantage. She extended this viewpoint to her analysis of US policy in Asia, where she saw both continuity with the previous administration's policies and selective improvements. Dr Tim Huxley, IISS-Asia Executive Director, chaired the event.
Dr Ellen Frost is a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and an adjunct research fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. She previously served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81). She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Committee of CSCAP (Council on Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific). Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008).
