Stanley Owen Roth (born 1954) is an American foreign policy advisor who served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1997 to 2001.

In 1979, Roth joined the staff of Congressman Stephen Solarz as chief foreign policy aide.

[1] He held this job until January 1983, when he became a staff consultant of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, the subcommittee responsible for the U.S.'s policy towards the Asia-Pacific, including foreign aid, military sales, trade issues and human rights.

Roth became a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the United States National Security Council in March 1994.

Roth left government service in 2001, joining Boeing as vice president of International Relations — Asia.