Paul Kapur sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

Paul Kapur was sworn successful arsenic the Assistant Secretary for Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025).

South and Central Asian Affairs welcomed him successful an X post.

In January, the U.S. State Department confirmed the departure of Mr. Lu, Assis­tant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, arsenic his word concluded connected January 17, 2025.

Dr. Kapur is simply a prof successful the Department of National Security Affairs astatine the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a visiting chap astatine Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs deals with U.S. overseas argumentation and U.S. relations with the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

From 2020-2021, Dr. Kapur served connected the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, moving connected issues related to South and Central Asia, Indo-Pacific strategy, and U.S.-India relations.

He is besides the co-author of ‘India, Pakistan and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability successful South Asia’ and co-editor of ‘The Challenges of Nuclear Security: U.S. and Indian Perspectives’.

Dr. Kapur did his PhD astatine the University of Chicago. Dr. Kapur besides directs a United States-India Track 1.5 strategical dialogue, arsenic good arsenic different U.S.-India engagements, for the Department of Defence.