Alex Wong, a senior official under the first Trump administration, has been appointed by President-elect Donald Trump as his principal deputy national security adviser.
A lawyer by training, Wong had served as Trump’s deputy special representative for North Korea. He helped negotiate the 2018 summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Before taking on North Korea-related roles, Wong oversaw regional and security affairs at the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and led the department’s implementation of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Regarding China, Wong has criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), voiced support for Taiwan, and advocated for more active engagement with Indo-Pacific countries to counterbalance the CCP’s hard and soft powers in the region….