David Feith is a Partner at Garnaut Global LLC, a leading open-source research firm that focuses on China and serves asset managers and corporate clients. He is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and was previously an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal. He is also an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, D.C. 

At the Department of State from 2017 to 2021, David helped create the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and reorient U.S. policy toward China and Asia generally. 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. Previously, as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, he advised on relations with China and countries across the Indo-Pacific region.

David has consulted for the U.S. Air Force and published a book entitled Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education (2011). He has testified before the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, and his writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Commentary, and other publications. He has a B.A. in history from Columbia University.