Alex Gray

Alexander Gray joined AFPC as a Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs in February 2021. His work focuses on U.S. security and defense strategy in the Indo-Pacific; U.S.-China competition globally, particularly in the Pacific Islands and the Polar Regions; U.S. defense strategy and modernization for an era of Great Power competition; and the intersection of U.S. national and economic security. Mr. Gray most recently served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House, where he was responsible for the management of the National Security Advisor’s Front Office and the budget, security, and personnel functions of the NSC.

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The U.S. Needs A Crypto Strategy To Counter China

The global financial and technological order is changing rapidly, and the U.S. must be at the center of these changes. As China aggressively pushes...

Alex GrayMay 21, 2025

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Politics

Why Ron DeSantis Wins the Commander-in-Chief Test

Republican voters will have time to examine each candidate’s position on specific foreign policy and national security issues. But with the first debate behind...

Alex GrayAugust 28, 2023

The Embassy

The Deep Seabed is China’s Next Target

In late 2020, a Chinese submersible, the Fendouzhe, descended over 30,000 feet to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, home to the deepest point in the earth’s...

Alex GrayJuly 15, 2021

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