Kurt Campbell — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2024 to 2025.
Served as National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific from 2021 to 2024, known as the Biden administration's "Asia czar."
Founded and chairs The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm, which he started in February 2013.
Served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Obama administration.
Co-founded the Center for a New American Security.
Received a doctorate in international relations from Brasenose College, Oxford, on a Marshall Scholarship.

Biography

Kurt Michael Campbell is an American diplomat and businessman. He served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he was the National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific from 2021 to 2024, where he was referred to as the Biden administration's "Asia coordinator" or "Asia czar," serving as the chief architect of Joe Biden's Asia strategy. On January 20, 2021, he was appointed to this NSC Coordinator role by Joe Biden.