Ambassador Juster has over 40 years of experience as a senior government official, senior law partner, and senior business executive. He advises on cross-border and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the United States and India.
Juster served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the Republic of India from November 2017 to January 2021, leading the third largest U.S. Mission in the world. As part of his responsibilities, he also oversaw the U.S. relationship with the Kingdom of Bhutan.
As Ambassador, Juster participated in the development of the U.S. government’s Indo-Pacific strategy and the relaunching of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue involving the United States, Australia, India, and Japan. He also participated in three 2+2 U.S.-India Ministerial Dialogues, involving the top diplomatic and defense officials from the two countries, as well as the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, co-sponsored by the United States and India.
Prior to serving as Ambassador, Juster was the Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. He was a senior member of both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council. He helped establish the U.S.-Japan Economic Dialogue and the U.S.-U.K. Economic Dialogue. He also served as the President’s representative and lead U.S. negotiator (Sherpa) in the run-up to the 2017 G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy.
From 2010 to 2017, Juster was a Partner and...
Juster served as a law clerk to Judge James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Juster is a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a member of the Board of Governors of the East-West Center and the Board of Directors of the American Ditchley Foundation. He previously served as a member of the U.S. President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Chairman of Freedom House, the Vice Chairman of The Asia Foundation, and a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Education
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Harvard Law School
- J.D.
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Harvard Kennedy School
- M.P.P.
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Harvard College
- A.B.
Bar Admission
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Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia
Honors and Awards
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Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award (2021, 1993)
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Department of Defense’s Distinguished Public Service Award (2021)
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Director of National Intelligence’s Exceptional Service Award (2021)
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Secretary of Energy’s Excellence Award (2021)
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Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany (for contributions to U.S.-German relations) (2006)
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Secretary of Commerce’s William C. Redfield Award and Medal (2005)
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa en el Grado de Gran Cruz Decoration and Medal from the President of Panama (for contributions to U.S.-Panama relations) (2004)
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Blackwill Award from the U.S.-India Business Council (for contributions to U.S.-India relations) (2004)
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Friendship Awards from the U.S.-Panama Business Council (for contributions to U.S.-Panama relations) (2004,2002)
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Distinguished Alumnus of Scarsdale High School (2007)
Selected Publications
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“Remove a Sanctions Cloud from U.S.-Indian Relations,” War on the Rocks, April 27, 2021
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“U.S.-India Relations: Ambition and Achievement,” Times of India, January 5, 2021.
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“The Santa Elena Case: Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back,” The American Review of International Arbitration, Vol 10 (1999)
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Making Economic Policy: As Assessment of the National Economic Council (Brookings Institution, 1997) (co-author)
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“International Arbitration and Other Procedures for Dispute Resolution,” in James A. Dobkin, et al. (eds) Joint Ventures with International Partners (Butterworths, 1993)
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“The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol.3, No. 2 (1988) (co-author)
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“The Libyan Sanctions: A Rational Response to State-Sponsored Terrorism?” Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol 26, No. 4 (1986) (co-author)
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