International Studies

Dr. Thomas Fingar is a Shorenstein APARC Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.  From 2005 through 2008, he served as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and, concurrently, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council.  Dr. Fingar’s previous positions include Assistant Secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2000-2001 and 2004-2005), Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Analysis, Director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific, and Chief of the China Division.  Fingar earned his AB in Government and History at Cornell and his MA and PhD in Political Science at Stanford.  His recent books include The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of Reform, Uneasy Partnerships: China and Japan, the Koreas, and Russia in the Era of Reform, and Fateful Decisions: Choices that will Shape China’s Future (with Jean Oi).