Philip S. Kaplan, a diplomat, lawyer and university professor, He has served as United States Ambassador and Deputy Representative to the 22-state Vienna Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, which led to the historic CFE treaty signed at the 1990 Paris Summit, mandating dramatic reductions in military forces in Europe. He was U.S.Minister and Charge d'Affaires in Manila during the Philippine democratic revolution and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning.

He has been Professor of International Affairs at Brown University, George Washington University and American University and has written a book on Europe and America after the Cold War. He is Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Member of the European Institute and the Hannibal Club. He has served as counsel to the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, the State of Qatar, the Government of Peru and as Honorary Counsel to the Hong Kong Electronic Association. He holds the State Department's Distinguished Service Award and three Superior Honor Awards.
 
Ambassador Kaplan holds a BA from the University of Connecticut, 1959; a JD from Boalt School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1962; and Advanced International Studies, Stanford and Berkeley