Christopher R. Hill

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Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill

Christopher R. Hill is a U.S. diplomat and the current Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

He was named the head of the American delegation to the six party talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis. During his career he served extensively in Eastern Europe and the Balkans before being named ambassador to the Republic of Korea. Previously, he was the ambassador to Macedonia from 1996 to 1999, and to Poland from 2000 to 2004. He speaks several Eastern European languages (Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, and Albanian), and is married with three children. While working on Balkan issues, Hill worked closely with Richard Holbrooke, serving as his deputy at the Dayton Peace Talks in 1995.

Hill graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in economics. He received a Master's degree from the Naval War College in 1994.

In January 2006, Hill gave a lecture entitled "U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific" at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.

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"The geopolitical implications of enlargement". In Jan Zielonka (ed.), Europe unbound -- Enlarging and reshaping the boundaries of the European Union. (Routledge, 2002).