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For the first time during the Syrian civil war, the US has shot down a Syrian aircraft. In response, Russia has threatened to target any aircraft, including US aircraft, that fly west of the Euphrates River.

Nicholas Burns, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, joins MSNBC to discuss if President Trump’s strategy of governing by chaos can succeed on a world stage.

Moderator Professor Nicholas Burns was joined by panelists David French, Juliette Kayyem, Gil Kerlikowske, and Moshik Temkin to discuss the ramifications of President Trump’s executive order on immigration. The panelists discussed a wide range of issues relating to border security, constitutional law, and refugee and anti-terrorism efforts under the Trump administration. The panelists also discussed the future of immigration law under the new administration, focusing on the new slate of advisors and cabinet members in the White House and how immigration and refugee law will change moving forward.

Excerpt from a November 14 installment of the “Inside the Middle East" Q&A Series, with Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni Activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, on women's role in Yemen's 2011 Revolution (of which she was a leading voice) and her hopes for the future of Yemen amidst the mixed results of the Arab Spring.

Climate change is a global problem that will require global solutions. Harvard Kennedy School expects to be a part of the solution through the development of academically rigorous research and ideas, and by engaging policymakers, non-governmental actors, practitioners, scholars, and others from around the world.

Professor Nicholas Burns, Faculty Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project, discusses his work on an Atlantic Council project on transatlantic relations with Faculti media.

A half-day program at Harvard Law School, on April 10, will include a conversation with Ambassador Koh and panel discussions with faculty from PON and FDP.

“We knew things were going to change because of the demographics, unemployment, and other factors”, said Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, 2011 Fisher Family Fellow, about her time as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department at State and the Arab Spring. In an interview on November 2, the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs described the planning for the transition in Iraq and Afghanistan, the role of new technology in foreign policy, and called for a greater tolerance for risk.

The United States and China need to move beyond a Cold War mindset and reframe their relationship as “a community of interests” in which they work together as partners, the Chinese ambassador to the United States said in a policy address at Harvard Kennedy School. Ambassador Zhang Yesui spoke to an overflow audience in the Wiener Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in an event hosted by the Future of Diplomacy Project in the School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Zhang also took questions from the audience after his speech in an off-the-record discussion moderated by R. Nicholas Burns, professor of the practice of diplomacy and international politics and director of the Future of Diplomacy Project.