Richard C. Bush III is an American political scientist, foreign policy analyst, and a specialist in China affairs.

Since 2002, he has served as the director of Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) of the Brookings Institution, and concurrently as the inaugural Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies.

[3] Bush began his career in 1977 with the China Council of the Asia Society.

In 1993 he moved up to the full committee, where he worked on Asia issues and served as liaison with Democratic members.

He has served in the executive and legislative branches of U. S. government for 19 years, including those of National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and AIT's chairman of the board (1997-2002).