Kurt M. Campbell

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Kurt M. Campbell

Kurt M. Campbell (born August 27, 1957 in Fresno , California ) is an American political scientist and government official who was Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2009 to 2013 .

Life

After attending school, Campbell studied science technology and public administration at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Science Technology and Public Affairs). He also studied violin and Political Philosophy at the Yerevan State University and completed a postgraduate course in the subject International Relations at Brasenose College of Oxford University in 1985 with a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ). He then began working as a research scientist in 1985 (Research Fellow ) at the International Security Program of Harvard University and worked there until the 1987th In 1987 he joined the US Naval Reserve and was a reserve officer until 1995.

In 1988 he accepted a professorship for public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School - John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) at Harvard University and taught there until 1993. In addition, Campbell, who was also responsible for the Council on Foreign Relations , was International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and Wasatch Group, Vice-Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. In the following years he served as director of the Aspen Strategy Group of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Political Advisory Committee of the US-Asian Society. He was also active on the staff of the White House , where he was a research fellow for the US Treasury Department and assistant special advisor for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) established on January 1, 1994 . At times he was also an employee of the USNSC ( National Security Council ) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and the Pacific and Special Assistant to the United General Staff JCS ( Joint Chiefs of Staff ) in the US Department of Defense. .

In 2000, Campbell moved to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington, DC- based independent think tank , where he served as both executive vice president and director of the international security program until 2007. In 2007 he co-founded the Washington, DC-based think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS) alongside Michèle Flournoy and served as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) until 2009 .

As successor to Christopher R. Hill , Campbell was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs on June 2, 2009 , whereby he was head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs . He held this office until February 8, 2013, before being replaced by Daniel R. Russel on July 12, 2013 . After retiring from government service, he founded the strategy consulting company The Asia Group in February 2013 .

Campbell is married to Lael Brainard , who was Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2010 to 2013 . From this marriage a son and two daughters were born.

Publications

  • Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security , co-author Michael E. O'Hanlon , 2006
  • Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power , co-author James Steinberg , 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michèle Flournoy was Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Ministry of Defense between 2009 and 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Kurt M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American government official and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Fresno , California