Lewis M Stern Author

Lewis M. Stern served ten years in the Central Intelligence Agency, including a tour in Bangkok, Thailand, attached to the Indochina Operations Group. From 1988 to 2001, he was Director for Indochina, Thailand and Burma in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. From 2001 to 2008, as the Director for Southeast Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he headed a team of civilian defense professionals and military officers responsible for defense relations with Southeast Asia. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, from September 2008 until his retirement in October 2010. Dr. Stern is currently an adjunct professor, Asian Studies Program, Mary Baldwin College, in Staunton, Virginia.