Campbell also served as director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the chairman of the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly. He was the founder and principal of StratAsia, a consulting firm focused on small-to-medium businesses in Asia, along as in 2013 co-founder and chair of The Asia Group, a strategic advisory firm also focused on the Asia-Pacific region.[6]
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.[10][11] He has been referred to as the Biden administration's "Asia coordinator" or "Asia czar."[10]
On November 1, 2023, Campbell was nominated by President Biden to become the United States deputy secretary of state,[12][13] and his nomination was sent to the United States Senate the same day.[14] His nomination was confirmed by a 92–5 vote on February 6, 2024.[15] He was sworn in on February 12, 2024.[16] 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.[17]
Post-Biden administration
Campbell rejoined The Asia Group as chairman and co-founder in February 2025.[18] He was appointed a distinguished fellow in diplomacy at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service in March 2025.[19]
Publications
As author
The China Reckoning: How Beijing Defied American Expectations, Foreign Affairs, April 2018 (co-authored with Ely Ratner)[20]
The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia, Kurt M. Campbell, (NYC: Twelve, 2016) ISBN978-1455568956
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".[21]
↑ Ellen Knickmeyer. (6 February 2024). "Senators approve an Asia veteran as No. 2 diplomat, underscoring US efforts to keep focus on China". AP website Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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