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Statement by 60 National Security Leaders on the Announcement of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Nicholas Burns, Professor of Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School, Michele Flournoy, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center and CEO of the Center for a New American Security, Joseph Nye, Professor and Former Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School andJames Walsh, Research Associate with the MIT Security Studies program were among a group of 60 former national security officials and analysts who signed a statement in favor of the nuclear agreement with Iran. The statement, while acknowledging faults with the agreement, supported it and urged the Administration and Congress to work closely to implement the deal.
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Burns, Nicholas, Michèle Flournoy, Joseph S. Nye and James Walsh.“Statement by 60 National Security Leaders on the Announcement of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.” Iran Matters, July 20, 2015, https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/statement-60-national-security-leaders-announcement-joint-comprehensive-plan-action.
The Authors
Nicholas Burns
- United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Director, American Secretaries of State Project
Expertise:
- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
- Rogue/Repressive States
- Governance
- Intrastate conflict
- International cooperation
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Middle East policy
- European studies
- Educating policymakers
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- United Nations
- Sanctions
- Globalization
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Negotiation
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- NATO
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
- Nuclear Issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
- U.S. nuclear issues
Michèle Flournoy
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Joseph S. Nye
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
Expertise:
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
James Walsh
- Former Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2006; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999-2002
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Want to Read More?
The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.The Authors
Nicholas Burns
- United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Chair, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Faculty Chair, Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship
- Faculty Affiliate, Middle East Initiative
- Director, American Secretaries of State Project
- Conflict & Conflict Resolution
- Rogue/Repressive States
- Governance
- Intrastate conflict
- International cooperation
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Middle East policy
- European studies
- Educating policymakers
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- United Nations
- Sanctions
- Globalization
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Negotiation
- Preventive defense
- Security Strategy
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- NATO
- Afghanistan war
- Military intervention
- Democracy
- Nuclear Issues
- India nuclear program
- Iran nuclear program
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear weapons
- Russia nuclear program
- U.S. nuclear issues
Michèle Flournoy
- Senior Fellow, Belfer Center
Joseph S. Nye
- Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
- Member of the Board, Belfer Center
- Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
- Weak/Failed states
- Coronavirus
- Intelligence in policymaking
- Military strategy
- International Relations
- Soft power
- U.S. foreign policy
- U.S. primacy
- History
- International development
- International Security & Defense
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Terrorism & Counterterrorism
- Military policy
- Afghanistan war
- China & security
- Democracy
- Intelligence
- Nuclear Issues
- Dirty bombs
- Nuclear proliferation
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- U.S. nuclear issues
- Cyber Security
James Walsh
- Former Executive Director, Project on Managing the Atom/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2002-2006; Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1999-2002
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