Future of Diplomacy Project

The Office of Career Advancement and the Future of Diplomacy Project host a career event with special guest Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and Belfer Center Future of Diplomacy Senior Fellow. Ambassador Dobriansky will speak about her personal career trajectory and key decision points.

A Conversation with Pedro Morenés, Julianne Smith, David O’Sullivan, and Peter Wittig. Moderated by Nicholas Burns. Opening remarks by Douglas Elmendorf.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Executive Director Nicholas Burns and Secretary Ash Carter in a conversation with Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island and ranking member of the Armed Services Committee.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a conversation with  Anne Applebaum, columnist for the Washington Post and a Pulitzer-prize winning historian, hosted by Faculty Director Nicholas Burns.

Sascha Lohmann, a Fritz Thyssen Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, will speak about President Trump’s threat to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal with a focus on Europe's response in a conversation moderated by Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook.

Join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a seminar the challenges facing the European Union and the transatlantic relationship with Lord Peter Ricketts, former U.K. Ambassador to France and first U.K. National Security Advisory, and Radoslaw Sikorski, former Foreign Minister for Poland in a conversation hosted by Faculty Director Nicholas Burns. 

Carol Giacomo, of The New York Times Editorial Board and a former diplomatic correspondent for Reuters in Washington D.C., will discuss foreign policy in a conversation with Professor Nicholas Burns. Co-hosted by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and the Future of Diplomacy Project.

Professor Nicholas Burns will host a Future of Diplomacy Project lunch seminar with the International Committee of the Red Cross' Yves Daccord, Director-General, and Clare Dalton, Head of Humanitarian Diplomacy, in a conversation about humanitarian diplomacy, upholding humanitarian principles, and the evolving role of the ICRC in today's conflicts. 

Sir John Sawers, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will discuss the security implications of Brexit threats with Future of Diplomacy Project Faculty Director Ambassador Nick Burns.

Sir John Sawers, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and British Permanent Representative to the United Nations, will discuss Middle East security and intelligence threats with Future of Diplomacy Project Executive Director, Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook.