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  Inside The Manila Embassy
As Herb Malin said of Armacost, "He had to tell people in high places things they don’t like to hear." About this time, William Sullivan, a former ambassador to the Philippines publicly suggested that perhaps a special envoy of ambassadorial rank ought to be sent out to read Marcos the riot act.
Armacost’s pressure on Marcos to liberalize his regime was winning it credibility with some factions of a very divided opposition.
Armacost too survived his diplomatic tightrope act, and was rewarded with a powerful new position back in Washington.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF0704/Bird/Bird.html   (3551 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Michael Smitka on Friends or Rivals? The Insider's Account of U.S.-Japan Relations
This memoir of Michael Armacost's stint as ambassador to Japan, from May 1989 to July 1993, provides insight into that issue, a question that certainly is on the mind of ambassador-designate Tom Foley with the approach of his Senate confirmation hearings.
Armacost later relates that, as a result of the auto industry targets announce during the January 1992 Bush visit and the numbers-oriented 1986 and 1991 semiconductor industry agreements, the incoming Clinton was infatuated with "results" (p.
Armacost was quite aware of the underlying tensions in the bilateral security relationship, and he was helped by events -- the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War -- in nudging ties in a constructive direction.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=10996868995747   (2175 words)

  
 Brookings president, former diplomat Armacost to speak at UI March 4, 6
Michael H. Armacost, president of the Brookings Institution and a U.S. foreign policy expert, will visit the University of Iowa March 4-6 as an Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor sponsored by the UI department of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Armacost is a magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College and earned his master's and doctorate in public law and government from Columbia University.
Armacost’s activities at the UI are supported by the Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professorships Program, which brings outstanding scholars to the UI campus for residencies ranging from a few days to an entire academic year.
www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2002/february/0225armacost.html   (540 words)

  
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Armacost was a senior member of the foreign service when he was tapped by President George Bush in 1989 to become ambassador to Japan, considered one of the most important and sensitive U.S. diplomatic posts abroad.
In 1968, Armacost was a professor of government at Pomona College when he spent a year as a visiting professor of international relations at International Christian University in Tokyo.
Armacost, a native of Ohio, is a magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College and earned his master's and doctorate in public law and government from Columbia University.
www.brook.edu /comm/news/19950602armacost.htm   (738 words)

  
 Michael H. Armacost
Michael H. Armacost, former ambassador to Japan and the Philippines, is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
From 1995 to 2002, Armacost served as president of the Brookings Institution, the nation's oldest think tank and a leader in research on politics, government, international affairs, economics, and public policy.
Armacost began his career in academia, as a professor of government at Pomona College.
www-hoover.stanford.edu /bios/armacost.html   (311 words)

  
 Former Ambassador Armacost to be visiting professor at Stanford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Armacost, ambassador to Japan from 1989 until earlier this year, has devoted the past 25 years to developing U.S. policy in Asia.
Armacost has also been active in the academic arena and has published two books, The Politics of Weapons Innovation and The Foreign Relations of the United States.
In addition, Armacost plans to serve as a guest lecturer in various classes and hopes to interact with graduate and undergraduate students who have an interest in public policy in Asia.
www.stanford.edu /group/news/relaged/930819Arc3168.html   (299 words)

  
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Armacost, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from 1982 to 1984, followed by a five-year stint as Undersecretary for Political Affairs.
Armacost cautioned against underestimating the resistance of the conservative bureaucracy, which is used to ruling.
Armacost has a dim view of the value of economic sanctions because of the great likelihood of punishing ourselves in the process.
www.virginia.edu /insideuva/textonlyarchive/94-04-01/2.txt   (1020 words)

  
 Carleton College: Voice
Michael Armacost '58 has been out of government service for more than 10 years, but he hasn't left diplomacy behind.
Michael Armacost says that combating terrorism will require perseverance and a long struggle.
Armacost wants to increase the number of Asian students-not just for the sake of diversity, but to open up opportunities for enhanced financial support from that part of the world.
apps.carleton.edu /voice/features.php3?id=240   (769 words)

  
 Mondale and Armacost to Discuss U.S.-Japan Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Armacost and Mondale, both former U.S. ambassadors to Japan, will share their views on U. relations with Japan at a luncheon forum co-sponsored by Carleton College, the Minnesota International Center (MIC), the Foreign Policy Association and the U.S.-Japan Foundation.
Armacost and Mondale will discuss uncertainties about Japan in the next several years, commenting on the current status of U.S.-Japan trade relations and Japan's changing military policy.
Armacost, a veteran diplomat and a prominent figure in the national and international policy community, has served on the Carleton Board of Trustees since 1994.
www.carleton.edu /campus/newsbureau/pr/MondaleArmacost.html   (388 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Asian Crisis Overview -- January 12, 1998
MICHAEL ARMACOST: They are contributing to the support for IMF programs, but in terms of their role in the region, the biggest contribution they could make would be by absorbing a larger portion of the exports of those countries.
Armacost, starting with you, explain the U.S. stake in this, the chain reactions, and why this is so important to the United States, why Larry Summers was over there, why the President was on the phone to Suharto, why the United States is so much involved in this.
MICHAEL ARMACOST: Well, I think one of the transitions that take place is away from reliance on the main banks to finance growths toward the equity markets.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june98/economy_1-12.html   (3188 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Armacost arrived in Tokyo to assume duties as the twenty-third U.S. ambassador to Japan on May 8, 1989.
Prior to being named ambassador, Armacost was under secretary for political affairs with the State Department, a position he assumed in 1984.
Armacost served as ambassador to the Philippines from February 1982 to May 1984.
www.mckenna.edu /mmca/fn/07/07-09-5.txt   (260 words)

  
 The World Today - The Philippines the fourth nation to withdraw from Iraq
MICHAEL ARMACOST: I think it's probably a greater impact on the Philippines than on the United States.
MICHAEL ARMACOST: I doubt that people in Washington regard the Australians and the Philippine situation in quite the same light.
MICHAEL ARMACOST: I think there's been a fraying of the coalition for some months, I don't think this is probably regarded as consequential.
www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2004/s1158748.htm   (832 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The award will be presented to Armacost at an official ceremony on April 9 in Dallas.
Armacost has served as president of the Brookings Institution since 1995.
From 1993 to 1995, Armacost was a distinguished senior fellow and visiting professor at Stanford University's Asia/Pacific Research Center.
www.brook.edu /comm/news/20020403armacost.htm   (333 words)

  
 Commencement Weekend 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Michael H. Armacost, an internationally recognized scholar and leader in the formulation of U.S. policy in East Asia, has been a Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow in the Asia/Pacific Research Center, Institute of International Studies of Stanford University since 2002.
Armacost served as president of the Brookings Institution, the nation's oldest think tank, in Washington, D.C., from 1995 until 2002, and was a leader in research on politics, government, international affairs, economics and public policy.
Armacost is a board member of Carleton College, the Asia Foundation and the American Academy of Diplomacy and a director of AFLAC, Applied Materials and Cargill.
www.denison.edu /publicaffairs/commencement_2004   (1477 words)

  
 The University of Colorado at Denver Team 1996
Michael Armacost is completing his masters in information learning technology at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Michael's interest are in instructional design, instructor/faculty development, distance education and using the internet for faculty support and instruction.
Michael continues to look for a way to find an internet connection on any of Colorado's rivers so that he can surf the net and fly fish at the same time.
curry.edschool.virginia.edu /go/ITcases/Site/96Teams/ucd   (596 words)

  
 Dr. Armacost
Armacost's research interests and activities focus primarily in the area of decision analysis, spanning the three dimensions of theory, methodology, and application.
The quality of Dr. Armacost's teaching was recognized by his selection as the Department's Teacher of the Year in 1992-1993, by his selection for the receipt of a UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award in 1994, and by his selection as the Department’s Graduate Teacher of the Year for 1996-1997.
P74 Armacost, Robert L. Mullens, Michael A., and Swart, William W., "The Role of Object Oriented CAD in a Generic Simulator for the Industrialized Housing Industry," presented at the 11th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Brighton, England, May 1994.
ie.engr.ucf.edu /ver40/faculty/armacost.htm   (14306 words)

  
 Carleton College: Voice
Armacost had just returned from a sabbatical in Japan, and State Department staff assumed he was an expert on Asia.
In the process, Armacost acquired an education in Washington politics, serving not only at the State Department but also on the National Security Council staff and at the Defense Department.
In 1982 Armacost was appointed ambassador to the Philippines.
apps.carleton.edu /voice/features.php3?id=3   (3318 words)

  
 America Abroad Media - Advisory Board and Board of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Michael Armacost is the Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Center at Stanford University.
Prior to his tenure at Brookings, Michael Armacost served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1989 to 1993, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1984-1989, and Ambassador to the Philippines from 1982-1984.
Strobe Talbott succeeded Michael Armacost as President of the Brookings Institution in July 2002.
www.americaabroadmedia.org /about-advisory.php   (3991 words)

  
 Michael H. Armacost, PhD - APARC
Michael Armacost has returned to APARC as Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow.
Most recently (1995-2002), Armacost served as president of Washington D.C.'s Brookings Institution, the nation's oldest think tank and a leader in research on politics, government, international affairs, economics, and public policy.
Armacost is the author of three books, the most recent of which, Friends or Rivals?, was published in 1996 and draws on his tenure as ambassador.
aparc.stanford.edu /people/3042   (481 words)

  
 Friends or Rivals?; The Insider's Account of U.S.-Japan Relations; Michael H. Armacost
Michael Armacost, the United States ambassador to Japan until 1993, offers an insider's view of relations between the two most powerful economic forces in the economic war zone of contemporary U.S.-Japan relations.
Michael Armacost reveals candidly his own perception of the power brokers he has worked with that define and continue to define the terms of U.S.-Japan relations.
Michael H. Armacost, President of the Brookings Institution, was Ambassador to Japan (1989-1993), Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1984-1989), and Ambassador to the Philippines (1982-1984).
www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/023110/023110488X.HTM   (311 words)

  
 Hoover fellows give nod to unification of Koreas and multilateral alliance for change   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Also speaking at the seminar were Hoover fellows Michael Armacost, Jongryn Mo, and Henry Rowen.
Armacost, a Hoover distinguished visiting fellow and former ambassador to Japan and the Philippines, said the inability to verify changes in North Korea's arms programs means that the program is "too easily reversible" for the North Korean government.
Michael Armacost is also the Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at the Asia/Pacific Research Center, Institute for International Studies, Stanford, and was ambassador to Japan, 1989–93, undersecretary of state for political affairs, 1984–89, and ambassador to the Philippines, 1982–84.
www-hoover.stanford.edu /pubaffairs/newsletter/03062/seminar.html   (718 words)

  
 The Brookings Institute
Armacost was educated at Carleton College, Friedrich Wilhelms University, and Columbia University.
Michael Jordan was appointed a director of WPP in 2000 and had been a director of Young and Rubicam Inc.
He is a general partner of the venture capital firm of Global Asset Capital, LLC, and a partner of Beta Capital Group, LLC of Dallas, Texas.
elitewatch.911review.org /brookings.html   (8862 words)

  
 Brookings Review: President Michael Armacost? The continuity of government after September 11.(Presidential ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
President Michael Armacost" is a phrase with a familiar ring to it in the nation's capital, for Armacost served ably as Brookings' fifth president from 1995 to 2002.
But Armacost might have become president not of Brookings, but of the United States.
For an Armacost presidency would have come about because of a catastrophic terrorist attack, combined with potentially disabling quirks in the U.S. presidential succession system.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:110117618&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (186 words)

  
 His Majesty King Abdullah II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Your Majesty King Abdullah II bin al Hussein — (unintelligible) — distinguished members of His Majesty’s delegation and the diplomatic corps, members of Congress and administration officials, Brookings President Michael Armacost and trustees of the Brookings Institution, Ambassador Indyk, distinguished guests.
ARMACOST: Here is one on the right of return: "Israelis point to the reference in the Arab League statement to the right of return in the preamble, even though there is a reference to an agreed solution in the operative paragraphs.
ARMACOST: Your Majesty, there are many more questions, but you’ve been very kind to subject yourself to such a grilling.
www.jordanembassyus.org /hmka05132002a.htm   (5183 words)

  
 TGAWien/GottfriedFreis
Brother W. Duncan MacMillan is a Trustee with Brown University, and an investor in the new Minnesota NHL hockey team.
Michael Armacost is president of The Brookings Institution, a major United States Policy Think Tank.
During his 24 years of government service, Armacost served as U.S. ambassador to Japan and the Philippines, as well as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
groups.msn.com /TGAWienGottfriedFreis/ihrewebseite5.msnw   (1043 words)

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