Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
Kurt Campbell Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Deputy Assistant Director of Defense
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Directors’ Lunch with Kurt Campbell, Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on October 13th, 2006.
Kurt Campbell came to CSIS from the Department of Defense, where he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. Prior to joining the Defense Department in 1995, he was the Deputy Special Counselor to the President for NAFTA at the White House and a member of the National Security Council staff.
Previously, he was an associate professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and assistant director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Campbell is also a former White House fellow, where he served as chief of staff under then Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. He had earlier served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, including a tour in the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Campbell was a Marshall Scholar, an Olin Fellow, a fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has written widely on world affairs, and his publications include three books, the most recent of which, published this month is titled, “Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security.” Campbell holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, a Ph.D. in international relations from Oxford University, and a certificate in music and political philosophy from the University of Erevan in Soviet Armenia.