Ambassador Michael Froman, former U.S. Trade Representative is welcomed to the JFK Jr. Forum by the Institute of Politics, the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. In an event co-chaired by Nicholas Burns and Lawrence H. Summers, Ambassador Froman will talk about American trade policy today.

As President Trump returns from his first visit to China as Commander-in-Chief, how is U.S. foreign policy reacting to a new administration in Washington and a new rising power in Beijing? Join Ambassador and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns in conversation with Jeeyang Rhee Baum, Ezra Vogel, and Odd Arne Westad, moderated by Michael Szonyi.

Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (Ret.), Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Asia Center and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Power Studies, will speak of the evolving India-China relationship in a discussion moderated by Nicholas Burns, Faculty Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics. Breakfast will be served.

Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center and Fisher Family Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall talks about energy diplomacy in a conversation with Nicholas Burns, Faculty Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Faculty Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project, Nicholas Burns holds an on the record conversation with Senator King about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.

Join Ash Carter, Tzipi Livni, Nicholas Burns (moderator) and Udi Dekel as they examine the challenges and opportunities for the United States and Israel in a changing and volatile Middle East. RSVP required. Harvard affiliates only. Closed to public.

In partnership, the Future of Diplomacy Project, the Institute of Politics and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs welcome former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker for a conversation with Nicholas Burns on the Economy, Global Challenges and America's Future.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Director Nicholas Burns in a conversation about the United States - Cuban relationship with Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, former the Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. 

Admission policy: Harvard Kennedy School students, fellows, faculty and staff only. 

A public address by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Followed by a conversation with Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations and Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University.