Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with Nestor Forster Jr., Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S., about the bilateral relationship between the two largest economies and democracies in the Western Hemisphere: Brazil and the United States. Ambassador Forster will discuss the political and economic ties between the two countries in various areas, such as defense cooperation, trade policy, sustainable economic growth, environment, and science and technology. Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns, will introduce the event. Senior Fellow and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon Jr., and Project Coordinator, Erika Manouselis will co-moderate this discussion.

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 conversation with Senior Fellow, David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post and spy novelist, moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns. Ignatius will address major foreign policy challenges facing President Biden’s new administration such as ending the war in Afghanistan and revitalizing the State Department as he and his national security team seek to “re-engage the world.”

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

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Please join the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and German Council on Foreign Relations’ (DGAP) launch event for the release of the joint report entitled, “Stronger Together: A Strategy for Revitalizing Transatlantic Power,” with Daniela Schwarzer, Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations, Victoria Nuland, Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, and Nicholas Burns, Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School.

This publication is the culmination of a year-long project that convened a strategy group of experts and former government officials from the United States and Europe to discuss the crisis in the transatlantic relationship and propose a strategy to revive and strengthen it.  

The project’s report and eight individual action plans argue that after years of mistrust, recrimination and division, the bridge across the Atlantic should be “built back better.” But the U.S. and Europe cannot simply rebuild the ties of a previous era if we are to succeed in meeting today’s challenges. The transatlantic relationship must be rebuilt and reimagined. Our institutions must be strengthened. As the U.S. embraces its allies again, Europe too must rethink its approach to some fundamental issues. 

The task is urgent. The world needs a more powerful and purposeful transatlantic alliance to drive a new global agenda.   

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion with Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Senior Fellow and former U.S. Under Secretary of State, about the future of the relationship between Brazil and the United States, the two most populous countries in the Western Hemisphere. 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 Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States. The Ambassador will discuss the major foreign policy challenges facing the UK and the US after the 2020 election, including climate, free trade and international leadership. 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 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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The United States and Europe have maintained an adversarial relationship with Russia since President Putin illegally annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine in 2014. The U.S.-Russia relationship was further damaged by Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. How can the U.S. work with European partners to develop a new approach toward Russia that pushes back against Putin’s aggression while making progress on vital interests such as arms control and non-proliferation?

 Please join the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a discussion with Michael Carpenter, Managing Director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. Faculty Chair Nicholas Burns and Research Director Torrey Taussig will moderate the discussion. 

 Dr. Carpenter previously served in the Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, the Balkans, and Conventional Arms Control.  He also served in the White House as a foreign policy advisor to Vice President Joe Biden as well as on the National Security Council as Director for Russia.

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

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Please join the Belfer Center and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for speech by Madame Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France, followed by a discussion with Professors Ash Carter, Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs, and Nicholas Burns, Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations. 

RSVPs are required and space is limited. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for a possible bag check by security and bring an ID. Open to HUID holders only. 

Please join the Future of Diplomacy for a discussion on the current state of the U.S. State Department with two former Under Secretaries of State for Political Affairs and career diplomats: Ambassadors Thomas Shannon, Jr. and Nicholas Burns. Combined, the two have nearly 6 decades of experience in the Department and have served in positions ranging from Ambassador to Brazil, State Department Spokesman, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Ambassador to NATO. 

Lunch will be served. 

Join us for a conversation with Ambassador Victoria Nuland, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Ambassador Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France to the United States and diplomatic adviser to the President of the French Republic.

This event will be moderated by Nicholas Burns, Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project and the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship.