Biden's Asia policy'Indo-Pacific czar' Kurt Campbell calls for spreading out US forces
Biden's new coordinator seeks to shore up Asian order
Then-U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell listens to a media question during a joint news conference after his meeting with Philippine foreign affairs and defense officials at a Manila hotel in 2012. © Reuters
SHIN NAKAYAMA and KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei staff writers
January 15, 2021 07:00 JST
TOKYO/NEW YORK -- When Kurt Campbell served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs under then-President Barack Obama, the Japanese press corps in Washington would gather at Dulles International Airport every time the diplomat would depart on or return from his many trips to Asia.