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 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 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 three of our Fisher Family Fellows: Julie Bishop, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia; Federica Mogherini, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission; and Peter Wittig, former Ambassador of Germany to the U.S., the UK, and the UN. They will discuss their reactions to the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election as seen from their respective vantage points. This seminar will be moderated by Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns.

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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. 

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion about the relationship between the United States and Australia and the importance of allies with Arthur Sinodinos, Ambassador of Australia to the U.S.  This seminar will be moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns.

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Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion on how the coronavirus crisis might change the trajectory of global economic, governance and military affairs with Senior Fellow, David Ignatius, columnist for the Washington Post.  This seminar will be moderated by Professor 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 on efforts to manage COVID-19 and limit widespread transmission across the African continent with Senior Fellow, Douglas Alexander, former UK Secretary of State for International Development and Chair of the Board of Trustees of UNICEF UK. This seminar will be moderated by Professors Nicholas Burns and Zoe Marks.

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

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Please join the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a discussion on the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across Europe. Sergio Fabbrini, Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, and Alvaro Renedo, Rafael del Pino-Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow, will report from their vantage points on the ground in Italy and Spain respectively. Faculty Chair, Nicholas Burns will moderate the discussion. 

This seminar is part of a series of events which explores COVID-19 from a transatlantic perspective. It is co-sponsored by the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard. 

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Africa is a continent of vast opportunity and promise while at the same time faces some of the most difficult challenges of our time from poverty to terrorism and everything in between. It is resource rich but has some of the poorest countries in the world. Join Professor Nicholas Burns and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs at the US State Department, for a discussion on how Africa's future will impact all of us and why it must be a priority for US policymakers.

Lunch will be served.