Tarun Chhabra
Tarun Chhabra | |
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| Born | 1979 or 1980 (age 45–46) |
| Education | Stanford University (BA), University of Oxford (M.Phil), Harvard Law School (JD), Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Occupation | Senior U.S. national security official |
| Employer | U.S. National Security Council |
Tarun Chhabra (born 1979 or 1980[1]) is an American lawyer and the head of national security policy at the AI company Anthropic.[2][3] Chhabra served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security at the United States National Security Council in the Biden administration.[4][5] He previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Technology and National Security.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Early life and education
Chhabra was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee,[12] and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Indian immigrants. Chhabra holds a BA (Hons) from Stanford University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a M.Phil in international relations from University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, and a JD from Harvard Law School as a Heyman Fellow and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans. He studied in Russia as a Fulbright Scholar at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.[13][14]
Career
In 2009, Chhabra was awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to pursue a JD at Harvard.[15]
He was previously a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he directed the Project on International Order and Strategy and co-directed a Brookings initiative on PRC global influence with Rush Doshi.[16][17][18]
Chhabra's research focused on U.S.-China relations, U.S. grand strategy, and alliance building.[19]
Publications
Books
- Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World (Brookings Institution Press, 2021), co-edited with Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, and Emilie Kimball.[20]
Reports
- Agile Alliances: How the United States and Its Allies Can Deliver a Democratic Way of AI, CSET, February 2020 (co-authored with Andrew Imbrie, Ryan Fedasiuk, Catherine Aiken, and Husanjot Chahal)[21]
- The China Challenge, Democracy, and U.S. Grand Strategy, Brookings Policy Brief, February 2019.[22]
Articles
- "The Left Should Play the China Card: How Foreign Rivalry Inspires Progress at Home," Foreign Affairs, February 13, 2020 (co-authored with Scott Moore and Dominic Tierney).[23]
Personal life
Chhabra met Aliza Watters while they were Marshall Scholars at Oxford, and the two married in 2010.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Aliza Watters, Tarun Chhabra". The New York Times. August 8, 2010.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ Metz, Cade (2026-02-18). "Decoding the A.I. Beliefs of Anthropic and Its C.E.O., Dario Amodei". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ "A Conversation with Tarun Chhabra, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security". The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "Joe Biden Names Two Indian-Americans In US National Security Council". NDTV.com. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the National Security Council | President-Elect Joe Biden". 2021-01-15. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles". Brookings. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Press Release - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the National Security Council | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ Allen-Ebrahimian, Bethany (February 2, 2021). "Biden's whole-of-National Security Council strategy". Axios.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra - Senior Director for Technology and National Security, NSC". ICAS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "Eight graduate students awarded Soros Fellowships". The Harvard Gazette. April 16, 2009.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ "Meet the Fellows | Tarun Chhabra". www.pdsoros.org. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". lawfaremedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "About the Project on International Order and Strategy". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "Tarun Chhabra". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "Global China". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ "Agile Alliances". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "The China challenge, democracy, and US grand strategy". Brookings. February 2019. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
- ^ Chhabra, Tarun; Moore, Scott; Tierney, Dominic (2020-02-13). "Why American Progressives Should Embrace Rivalry With China". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2025-03-03.