Campbell also served as director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chairman of the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly, and was the founder and principal of StratAsia, a strategic advisory company focused on Asia.[5]
In 2018-2019, Campbell was Kissinger Fellow at the McCain Institute.[8]
Biden administration
Campbell speaks in 2024
Campbell was appointed as the National Security coordinator for the Indo-Pacific on January 20, 2021, the first day of President Joe Biden's administration.[9][10] He has been referred to as the Biden administration's "Asia coordinator" or "Asia czar."[9]
On November 1, 2023, Campbell was nominated by President Biden to become the United States deputy secretary of state,[11][12] and his nomination was sent to the United States Senate the same day.[13] His nomination was confirmed by a 92–5 vote on February 6, 2024.[14] He was sworn in on February 12, 2024.[15] The Biden administration does not plan to nominate a replacement for Campbell as the Indo-Pacific coordinator. A White House spokesperson shared that the role had been created specifically for Campbell and was not a permanent post.[16]
Publications
As author
The China Reckoning: How Beijing Defied American Expectations, Foreign Affairs, April 2018 (co-authored with Ely Ratner)[17]
The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia, Kurt M. Campbell, (NYC: Twelve, 2016) ISBN 978-1455568956
Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power, Kurt M. Campbell and James Steinberg, (Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 2008)
Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security, Kurt M. Campbell and Michael E. O'Hanlon, (Washington, D.C.: Basic Books, 2006)
Campbell, Kurt M., ed. (2008). Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change. Brookings Institution Press. Mentioned in Is this what the World is Coming to? (Nature.com)
The Nuclear Tipping Point, Kurt M. Campbell, Robert J. Einhorn, Mitchell Reiss, eds., (Washington, D.C.: Brookings, 2004)
As opinionist
At the outset of his influence on the Biden administration, he saw the D10 club of countries as "most urgent for questions of trade, technology, supply chains, and standards", and militarily sought to expand "the so-called Quad".[18]
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^"The Asia Group". Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^"Standard Chartered plc". Companies House. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ a b c d e f g h"Kurt M Campbell". Harvard Kennedy School. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^"The Hon. Kurt Campbell - Clements Center for National Security". www.clementscenter.org/. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^Kissinger Fellowship Taps Kurt Campbell to Tackle China "Business Wire" January 29, 2018
^ a bSmith, Nicola (20 January 2021). "Joe Biden promotes foreign policy tsar in sign of 'pivot to Asia'". Telegraph Media Group Limited.
^Fisher, Lucy (28 January 2021). "Britain could join 'Asian Nato' under proposal to expand its membership to counter China". Telegraph Media Group Limited.
^"Biden picks Asia hand Kurt Campbell as deputy secretary of state". Reuters. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^"President Biden Announces Kurt Campbell as Nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State" (Press release). The White House. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^"Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate" (Press release). The White House. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^"On the Nomination (Confirmation: Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State)". Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^"Dr. Kurt M. Campbell Deputy Secretary of State". Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^"White House decision to not replace Asia tsar stokes concern among US allies". www.ft.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
^Campbell, Kurt M.; Ratner, Ely (2018). "The China Reckoning: How Beijing Defied American Expectations". Foreign Affairs. 97 (2): 60–70. ISSN 0015-7120. JSTOR 44822081.
^Campbell, Kurt M.; Doshi, Rush (12 January 2021). "How America Can Shore Up Asian Order A Strategy for Restoring Balance and Legitimacy". Foreign Affairs.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^"President Ma bestows Order of Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon on former US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell". Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan). 15 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
External links
Media related to Kurt M. Campbell at Wikimedia Commons
State Department biography
Kurt Campbell's bio on CNAS website
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