Future of Diplomacy Project

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT A LATER DATE.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion with Rosemary Banks, Ambassador of New Zealand to the U.S., about what the Indo-Pacific means to New Zealand and how shared values, interests and history position New Zealand as a reliable partner for the U.S. in the region. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns. 

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

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As the Polar/Arctic Sea Ice recedes, the Arctic is increasingly becoming an arena for great power competition: China is Advancing its Polar Silk Road,” while Russia continues to pursue legal, military and commercial avenues to exploit the geostrategic advantages Arctic waters could offer it in the future. Where for decades the Arctic was described as “high north, low tension,” these realities are forcing a shift in strategic thinking within NATO, particularly among member states adjacent to the Arctic and party to multilateral governance structures in the North, like the Arctic Council, whose parameters don’t address military security questions. Other, non-Arctic actors, including Singapore, Japan and the European Union, alongside key individual members states have also developed their own strategies on the Arctic. In this seminar with former U.S Ambassadors Paula Dobriansky (FDP Senior Fellow), David Balton and former Chair of the Arctic Research Commission and Belfer Center Fellow, Fran Ulmer, we will examine key countries’ economic and national security interests in region; the role of the rule of law in preventing conflict alongside critical questions of governance to balance environmental, economic and security concerns in this expert seminar.

This event is co-sponsored by the Arctic Initiative.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion with Julie Bishop, Fisher Family Fellow and former Minster of Foreign Affairs of Australia, about the critical importance of the international rules based order and rising tension in the Indo-Pacific. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns. 

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion with two of America's most impressive political journalists, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, about their book, the definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns, will moderate the discussion. 

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

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THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Palestinian Caucus for a discussion with Dr. Saeb Erakat, Fisher Family Fellow and Chief Palestinian Negotiator, about his negotiation experience from the last four years. Professor Kessely Hong will moderate the seminar. This event is open to the Harvard community or by invitation only.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting and use your @harvard.edu email address:

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A Conversation with Susana Malcorra
Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs; Hauser Leader, CPL

Moderated by Amb. Wendy R. Sherman, Director, Center for Public Leadership; Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

Join the Harvard Divinity School's Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative  for a discussion with Professor Rashid Khalidi and Dr. Rosie Bsheer about Khalidi’s latest book, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917- 2017.

Through a wealth of untapped archival materials and the reports of generations of family members, the book upends accepted interpretations of the conflict, which tend, at best, to describe a tragic clash between two peoples with claims to the same territory. Instead, Khalidi traces a hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, but backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. He highlights the key episodes in this colonial campaign, from the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the destruction of Palestine in 1948, from Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon to the endless and futile peace process.

This event is co-sponsored by the Future of Diplomacy Project  and the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School.

Registration required: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gmRqkfD-RzGxVdDLTTH-Sw 

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a seminar on U.S. global leadership, strengthening America’s national security, and the need to revive and rebuild American diplomacy and the State Department with U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA). This conversation will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns.

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Rahul Gandhi, Member of Parliament of India and former President of the Indian National Congress Party, about Indian domestic politics and the U.S.-India partnership. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns and is open to Harvard affiliates or by invitation only.

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At a time when American diplomacy is riven by partisan politics – and historical knowledge is on the decline in both the public and the government – join the Belfer Center's Applied History Project for our Fall 2020 Applied History Series. The Applied History Series celebrates recent publications of leading members of Harvard’s Applied History Working Group. These distinguished historians and public servants have studied the past to illuminate the most pressing challenges faced today.