Tarun Chhabra

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Tarun Chhabra
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NationalityAmerican
Education Stanford University (BA), University of Oxford (M.Phil), Harvard Law School (JD)
OccupationSenior U.S. national security official
Employer U.S. National Security Council

Tarun Chhabra is an American lawyer and security analyst current serving as Senior Director for Technology and National Security at the United States National Security Council in the Biden administration. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Education

Chhabra holds a BA from Stanford University, a M.Phil from University of Oxford (as a Marshall Scholar), and a JD from Harvard Law School (as a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans). [7]

Career

In 2009, Chhabra was awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to pursue a JD at Harvard. [8]

He was previously a fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he co-directed its initiative on PRC global influence along with Rush Doshi, as well as a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). [9] [7]

Chhabra's research focused on U.S.-China relations, U.S. grand strategy, and alliance building. [9]

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References

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