

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security
David Feith is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a former US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian a
David Feith is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a former US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. At the Department of State from 2017 to 2021, David helped create the US Indo Pacific Strategy and reorient US policy toward China and Asia. As deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, he oversaw the Offices of Multilateral Affairs and Regional and Security Policy. From 2017 to 2019, David served as a member of the secretary of state’s policy planning staff, advising on relations with China and countries across the Indo Pacific region. Before that, he was an editorial writer for the __Wall Street Journal__ in Hong Kong, an op-ed editor for the __Journal__ in New York, and an assistant editor at __Foreign Affairs__ magazine.
Michael Pillsbury, David Feith, and Libby Liu discuss the legacy of the Hong Kong protests, the future of Hong Kong, and the impact on regional media.