Richard C. Bush III is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and a specialist in China affairs. Since 2002, he has served as the director of Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) of the Brookings Institution, and concurrently as the inaugural Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies.^[1][2]

Bush holds a BA (1969) from Lawrence University and a MA (1973) and PhD (1978) in political science from Columbia University. His dissertation focused on studies about China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula, and Japan's security.^[3]

Bush began his career in 1977 with the China Council of the Asia Society.

In 1983 he became a staff consultant on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. In 1993 he moved up to the full committee, where he worked on Asia issues and served as liaison with Democratic members.

In 1995, he became national intelligence officer for East Asia and a member of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). He left the NIC in 1997 to become head of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).

He has served in the executive and legislative branches of U. S. government for 19 years, including those of National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and AIT's chairman of the board (1997-2002).^[4][5]

• Bush, Richard C. (2013). Uncharted Strait: The Future of China-Taiwan Relations. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. ISBN 978-0-8157-2384-4. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
• Bush, Richard C. (2017). One China Policy Primer. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2017.