Tarun Chhabra

Tarun Chhabra
Nationality	American
Education	Stanford University (BA), University of Oxford (M.Phil), Harvard Law School (JD), Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Occupation	Senior U.S. national security official
Employer	U.S. National Security Council

Chhabra in 2025

Tarun Chhabra is an American lawyer who served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security at the United States National Security Council in the Biden administration. ^{[1] [2]} He previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Technology and National Security. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Early life and education

Chhabra was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Indian immigrants. Chhabra holds a BA (Hons) from Stanford University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a M.Phil in international relations from University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School as a Heyman Fellow and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans. He studied in Russia as a Fulbright Scholar at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. ^{[9] [10]}

Career

In 2009, Chhabra was awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to pursue a JD at Harvard. ^[11]

He was previously a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he directed the Project on International Order and Strategy and co-directed a Brookings initiative on PRC global influence with Rush Doshi. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Chhabra's research focused on U.S.-China relations, U.S. grand strategy, and alliance building. ^[15]

Publications

Books

• Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World (Brookings Institution Press, 2021), co-edited with Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, and Emilie Kimball. ^[16]

Reports

• Agile Alliances: How the United States and Its Allies Can Deliver a Democratic Way of AI, CSET, February 2020 (co-authored with Andrew Imbrie, Ryan Fedasiuk, Catherine Aiken, and Husanjot Chahal) ^[17]
• The China Challenge, Democracy, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Brookings Policy Brief, February 2019. ^[18]

Articles

• "The Left Should Play the China Card: How Foreign Rivalry Inspires Progress at Home," Foreign Affairs , February 13, 2020 (co-authored with Scott Moore and Dominic Tierney). ^[19]

References

1. "A Conversation with Tarun Chhabra, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security | The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". www.belfercenter.org. 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
2. "Tarun Chhabra". Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
3. "Joe Biden Names Two Indian-Americans In US National Security Council". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
4. "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the National Security Council | President-Elect Joe Biden". 2021-01-15. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
5. "Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
6. "Press Release - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the National Security Council | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
7. Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (February 2, 2021). "Biden's whole-of-National Security Council strategy". Axios .
8. "Tarun Chhabra - Senior Director for Technology and National Security, NSC". ICAS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
9. "Tarun Chhabra". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
10. "Tarun Chhabra". Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
11. "Meet the Fellows | Tarun Chhabra". www.pdsoros.org. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
12. "Tarun Chhabra". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
13. "Tarun Chhabra | Lawfare". Default. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
14. "About the Project on International Order and Strategy". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
15. "Tarun Chhabra". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
16. "Global China". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
17. "Agile Alliances". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
18. "The China challenge, democracy, and US grand strategy". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
19. Chhabra, Tarun; Moore, Scott; Tierney, Dominic (2020-02-13). "Why American Progressives Should Embrace Rivalry With China | Foreign Affairs". www.foreignaffairs.com. Retrieved 2025-03-03.