13 Facts About Michael Pillsbury

Michael Paul Pillsbury was born on February 8,1945 and is a foreign policy strategist, author, and former public official in the United States.

Michael Pillsbury was appointed in December 2020 to be the chair of the Defense Policy Board at the US Department of Defense.

Michael Pillsbury is a senior fellow for China strategy at The Heritage Foundation and has been director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, since 2014.

Michael Pillsbury has been called a "China-hawk", and an "architect" of Trump's policy towards China.

Michael Pillsbury is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and makes regular visits to China.

Michael Pillsbury was an assistant political affairs officer at the United Nations from 1969 to 1970.

Michael Pillsbury served in the Reagan administration as Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning and was responsible for implementation of the program of covert aid known as the Reagan Doctrine.

Michael Pillsbury assisted in drafting the legislation to create the National Endowment for Democracy and the annual requirement for a DOD report on Chinese military power.

Bush, Pillsbury was special assistant for Asian affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, reporting to Andrew W Marshall, director of the Office of Net Assessment.

Michael Pillsbury is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Michael Pillsbury's work has not been siloed to the American right, finding bipartisan interest as many Democrats look to continue his work in incorporating a version of Trump's China doctrine in the Biden Administration.

Michael Pillsbury participated in President Reagan's decision in 1986 to order the CIA to arm the Afghan resistance with Stinger missiles.

In 2003, Michael Pillsbury signed a non-partisan report of the Council on Foreign Relations task force on Chinese military power.