Director

GAR Associates

11 Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 325
Washington, DC 20036

TEL: (202) 232-8300 ext. 230
FAX: (202) 232-8939
EMAIL: garvbin@aol.com

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  aerospace industry; defense industry
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  aerospace technology policy; defense conversion; defense policy; defense procurement; defense research and development; foreign policy and international relations; military issues; security policy; security relations; US policy affecting Japan-US relations
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  defense technology; technology competition and cooperation; technology transfer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Vice President, International Trade and Technology Association, 1989-92; Director, Policy and Planning, Grumman International, Inc., 1987-89; Deputy Director, Mutual Defense Assistance Office, US Embassy, Tokyo, 1983-86; Manager, Japan, Australia and New Zealand Programs, Defense Security Assistance Agency, 1982-83; Political and Military Officer, Japan Desk, US Department of State, 1980-82; Political and Economic Officer, US Embassy, Tokyo, 1974-78.

IN JAPAN: 1974-78, 1983-86 - foreign service; 1969-70 - study.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"US-Japan Armaments Cooperation," The US-Japan Alliance (M. Green and P. Cronin, eds., 1999); "US-Japan Defense Technology Cooperation: Methods and Structures," (co-author for DOD, 1998); various articles on US-Japan security relations and defense programs; co-drafter of DOD Defense Science Board Report on "Defense Industrial Cooperation with Pacific Rim Nations".