Randall Schriver

Mr. Randall Schriver is one of five founding partners of Armitage International LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in international business development and strategies, and is CEO and President of the Project 2049 Institute, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to the study of security trend lines in Asia. He is also a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs responsible for the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Prior to his work at the State Department, he served for four years in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as a civil servant. As Senior Country Director for the PRC, Taiwan, and Mongolia in OSD from 1997 to 1998, he was the senior official responsible for the day-to-day management of U.S. bilateral relations with the People’s Liberation Army, and the bilateral security & military relationships with Taiwan. His political experience includes service on the Bush-Cheney Defense Transition Team, and work on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign as a member of the Asia Policy Team. 

Dr. Joshua Eisenman is an assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and senior fellow for China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. Between 2003-2005 he served as a professional policy analyst on the Congressionally-mandated U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He has also worked as fellow at the New America Foundation and assistant director of China studies at the Center for the National Interest (formally The Nixon Center).