
Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has shaped Washington's approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for over a decade, serving as White House Indo-Pacific coordinator (2021-2024), deputy secretary of state (2024-2025), and assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs (2009-2013), and is known as the Biden administration's 'Asia tsar' for his role in developing the Quad and the 'small yard, high fence' technology strategy.
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Kurt Campbell has served in key US diplomatic and strategic roles focused on East Asia and the Indo-Pacific, including positions in the Obama and Biden administrations, and is recognized for architecting the 'pivot to Asia' and developing the Quad and technology competition strategies.
Kurt Campbell is a veteran US diplomat and strategist who has played a leading role in shaping Washington’s approach to China and the Indo-Pacific for more than a decade.
He served as the White House coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs from 2021 to 2024 and as US deputy secretary of state from 2024 to 2025. Previously, he served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 and was a key architect of the Obama administration’s “pivot to Asia”.
Often described as the Biden administration’s “Asia tsar”, Campbell also helped develop the Quad and the “small yard, high fence” approach to technology competition.
A former US Navy officer, Harvard professor and co-founder of the Centre for a New American Security, he is now chairman and co-founder of The Asia Group, a Washington-based strategic advisory firm.

Myanmar exiles in Thailand use informal currency swaps to send money home, bypassing military-controlled banking channels and depriving the regime of hard currency revenue while supporting families in war-affected areas.

U.S. President Trump announced on social media that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has entered an "energy ceasefire", saying that both parties have agreed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his welcome and hope to implement it, but requires a response from Russia. The Ukrainian army has received relevant orders and is waiting for details of the US-Russian dialogue and expecting Putin to fulfill his commitments. Trump had previously attributed the tight supply of diesel in the United States to the exchange of energy facilities between Russia and Ukraine, and criticized Zelensky for allowing Russia to sell petroleum products as an "investment war."

The Houthi armed forces (youth movement) supported by Yemen launched missiles on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on the 10th, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 300 people; they launched another attack on the 11th, killing one person and injuring 11 others. The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the deceased in the attack on the 11th was a Pakistani citizen and pointed out that the airport building was damaged. The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen stated that a UFO hit Terminal 4 on the 11th, causing a fire, and successfully intercepted a cruise missile.

Mohsin Rezai, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that the United States has responded to Iran's seven conditions to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran believes that the response is insufficient and there are ambiguities that require clarification from the United States; Iran is ready to demonstrate new military capabilities when the war resumes, and warned that if the United States launches aggression again, its assets in West Asia will become targets.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed the "Mecca Joint Defense Agreement" in Mecca in August 2026, establishing a collective defense mechanism and stipulating that any armed attack on any country is regarded as an attack on the three countries. This agreement was signed at a time when the conflict between the United States and Iran continues and security risks in the Gulf are increasing. It is not targeted at a specific country and may be expanded to more Muslim countries, including Iran, in the future.

Mohsin Rezai, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that the United States has accepted some of Iran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but the situation on other conditions is unclear. Rezaei said that the United States made a request for negotiation through the three-country channel, and Iran proposed seven conditions, emphasizing that if the United States launches another aggression, its assets in West Asia will become targets, and refuted the claim that the strait is open.