Critical Issues for U.S. Foreign Policy: Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Burns, Nicholas R.
Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Winter 2010, v34, #1, pp5-12
The "Fletcher Forum" sat down with former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns to discuss the foreign policy challenges currently facing the United States. Arguing that diplomacy is "the first line of offense for the U.S. government," Ambassador Burns expresses support for both President Obama’s decision to pursue negotiations with Iran as well as to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
R. Nicholas Burns is professor of the practice of diplomacy and international politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and faculty chair for the programs on the Middle East and on India and South Asia. Ambassador Burns served in the United States Foreign Service for twenty-seven years until his retirement in April 2008. He was under secretary of state for political affairs from 2005 to 2008, the State Department’s third-ranking official.
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A2/02-10. Posted May 21, 2010
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