Donald C. Hellmann
Professor, International Studies and Political Science; Director, Institute for International Policy, University of Washington
Donald Hellmann received his undergraduate education at Princeton University and holds masters and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a member of the University of Washington faculty since 1967. He is currently a professor of international studies and political science and director of the Institute for International Policy. Since 1994, he has been the director of the University’s APEC Study Center and from 1994-96 he served as chair of the US Consortium of APEC Study Centers. In these capacities he has taken the lead in the creation of a region-wide consortium of universities and research centers devoted to cooperative research and practical initiatives regarding regional policy, technology, and development issues in the Pacific Rim.
Professor Hellmann has written or edited six major books on Asia and International relations, and published more than sixty articles and monographs. His publications include Japanese Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy and From APEC to Xanadu: the Pacific Challenge to the Global Political Economy (with Kenneth Pyle). He has been a consultant on foreign policy with numerous agencies and organization,