Julian Gewirtz is an American diplomat, historian, and poet[1] who served as Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council in the Biden administration.
[2] He was previously Deputy Coordinator for Global China Affairs at the U.S. Department of State[3][4] and Director for China at the White House National Security Council (NSC).
[5][6][7][8][9][10] Gerwirtz attended Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut,[11] and later earned a PhD in modern Chinese history from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar[12] in 2018 and a BA from Harvard College in 2013.
[13] Prior to joining the NSC, Gewirtz was a Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
[14] Gewirtz's father is Yale Law School professor Paul Gewirtz and his mother is Zoë Baird.