Tom Lee, Associate Scholar, is Director, Center for International Affairs and National Security, Tamkang University, Taipei. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. from St. John’s University in 1972. Dr. Lee is former Director of the Tamkang University’s Graduate Institute of American Studies. He served many terms as President of Taipei’s American Studies Association and assisted in creating the Federation of Asian American Studies Association (AFASA), of which he been president since 1990. Dr. Lee’s main areas of specialization are international relations, history of Sino-American relations, and political systems of the PRC. Dr. Lee is the author of American Studies in China: A Directory (1993). Dr. Lee’s edited volumes include A Quest for Ethics in Diplomacy: The Influence of American Missionaries on International Politics in East Asia (1990).
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

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