Alexander Downer
Former Australian High Commissioner to the UK and former Australian Foreign Minister
Among Democrats, there is no American who knows more about Asia and is better known in Asia than Kurt Campbell. The news in recent days that President Joe Biden has appointed him as Co-ordinator for the Indo-Pacific, a new role within the National Security Council, is therefore very welcome. Campbell has effectively become Biden’s Asia tsar. The appointment is good news for the UK and for the broader Western alliance, especially as it […]
The risks can be managed and we still have some good bargaining chips, write Alexander Downer and Graham Gudgin.