The Indo-Pacific and the World: A Conversation with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell joins the Stimson Center for a fireside chat exploring historic tensions, emerging competition, and new opportunities for strategic partnership across the Indo-Pacific.
Home to more than half of the world’s people, nearly two-thirds of the world’s economy, and seven of the world’s largest militaries, the Indo-Pacific has been described as the world’s economic and geopolitical “center of gravity.” Amid strategic ambitions and coercive pressures from China, what is the U.S. prepared to do to ensure a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific?