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The Asia Security Initiative Research Center at the East Asia Institute invited Dr. Marshall Bouton, the President of the Chicago Council, for the 11th Smart Talk Seminar on November 5, 2010. Dr. Bouton spoke on “America Constrained: How Americans View the World in 2010” followed by discussions with invited panelists from South Korea. Topic

“America Constrained: How Americans View the World in 2010”

Presenter

Marshall Bouton, President of the Chicago Council

Moderator

Sook-Jong Lee, President of East Asia Institute

Discussants

Sang-Yoon Ma, Professor of Catholic University

Nae-Young Lee, Professor of Korea University

Woojin Lee, Professor of Korea University

Sungho Sheen, Professor of Seoul National University  

Byoung-Kwon Sohn, Professor of Chung-Ang University

Okyeon Yi, Professor of Seoul National University

Marshall M. Bouton’s Biography

Marshall Bouton became president of The Chicago Council in August 2001. Prior to that, he served twenty years at the Asia Society in New York, most recently as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Previous positions include director for policy analysis in the office of the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Near East, Africa and South Asia, special assistant to the U.S. ambassador to India, executive secretary for the Indo-U.S. Subcommission on Education and Culture, and program director for India affairs at the Asia Society in New York. Mr. Bouton earned a B.A. (cum laude) in history at Harvard, an M.A. in South Asian studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Chicago in 1980.