Event: CNA National Security Seminar Series – Feb. 23

February 23, noon - 1:30 p.m. — Paul Heer, Ph.D. National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, will discuss Chinese perceptions of and policies toward the United States.

Dr. Heer joined the National Intelligence Council from the CIA, where he was a member of the Senior Analytic Service in the Directorate of Intelligence. During his CIA career, he worked as a political and foreign policy analyst on China and Southeast Asia, and as an analytical manager and editor. Heer was a Visiting Intelligence Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations (1999-2000) and was elected a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations in 2001. He holds a BA from Loras College, an MA in History from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. in Diplomatic History from The George Washington University.