October 29, 2020 3:30 pm
Livestream
Join us for a talk with Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who will discuss the evolving U.S. relationship with Europe ahead of the November U.S. Presidential Election and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 and economic crises. He will draw on his distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service to examine how the United States can rebuild its relationship with NATO and the European Union in the face of unprecedented global challenges such as the coronavirus, climate change, relations with Russia and China.
About the speaker
Nicholas Burns
Ambassador and Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School
Ambassador Nicholas Burns is the Goodman Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School. He is Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the Aspen Security Forum and a Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group. During his 27 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Burns served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Ambassador to NATO, Ambassador to Greece; State Department Spokesman; Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs on the National Security Council; Special Assistant to President Clinton; and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush.
Sponsoring Departments: Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; the Center for West European Studies; the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies; Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the Center for Global Studies at the University of Washington.
Media contact: Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies