Talk tomorrow with Professor Nicholas Burns- at 3 pm- event moderated by Zeina Shuhaibar - Belfer Centre- 5th Floor- Bell Hall

[Abdelhamid, Souad]

Dear Members,

Don't miss the opportunity of attending the talk tomorrow at 3 pm with Professor Nicholas Burns- The event is  moderated by Zeina Shuhaibar 

The event is part of the Middle East Initiative Visiting Scholar Seminar Series
Venue: Bell Hall , Belfer Center-5th Floor
Date: April 23, 2014
Time : 3:00-4 p.m.

 

Speaker: Professor Nicholas Burns 

Professor Burns is Sultan of Oman Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project and Faculty Chair for the Programs on the Middle East and on India and South Asia. He serves on the Board of Directors of the School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and is a Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

He is Director of the Aspen Strategy Group, Senior Counselor at the Cohen Group, and serves on the Board of Directors of Entegris, Inc. He writes a biweekly column on foreign affairs for the Boston Globe.

Professor Burns served in the United States government for twenty-seven years. As a career Foreign Service Officer, he was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008; the State Department’s third-ranking official when he led negotiations on the U.S.–India Civil Nuclear Agreement; a long-term military assistance agreement with Israel; and was the lead U.S. negotiator on Iran’s nuclear program. He was U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2001–2005), Ambassador to Greece (1997–2001) and State Department Spokesman (1995–1997). He worked for five years (1990–1995) on the National Security Council at the White House where he was Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs and Special Assistant to President Clinton and Director for Soviet Affairs in the Administration of President George H.W. Bush. Burns also served in the American Consulate General in Jerusalem (1985–1987) where he coordinated U.S. economic assistance to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and before that, at the American embassies in Egypt (1983-1985) and Mauritania (1980 as an intern).

Moderator: Zeina Shuhaibar

Zeina is an MPP2 at HKS, concentrating in International and Global Affairs. She came to Harvard from the private sector, working in client relations at a hedge fund in New York City. She also spent time working in human rights advocacy at an NGO with special consultative status to the United Nations. As a Lebanese-American, Zeina has a particular interest in Middle Eastern politics, specializing in the Levant region and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For the summer of 2013, Zeina interned in the Middle East/North Africa office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where her portfolio included Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey

See you tomorrow!

All the best,

HKS Arab Caucus