The White House has opted not to replace its top Asia expert, triggering alarm among some allies at a time when the US had been rallying countries behind efforts to counter China.
Kurt Campbell, the Biden administration’s former Asia tsar, was on Tuesday confirmed by the Senate in his new role as deputy secretary of state, giving him a wider foreign affairs remit than the Indo-Pacific.
Several people familiar with the move said the White House would not appoint a replacement for him as Indo-Pacific co-ordinator, a role created in 2021 to sharpen the US focus on China as the “pacing threat” — its priority strategic consideration.
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