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Burns served in the US Foreign Service for 27 years until his retirement in April 2008. He was Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005-2008, the nation's highest-ranking career diplomat. He was US Ambassador to NATO from 2001-2005.
“Always intelligent and provocative, as well as disciplined and civil. A stimulating way to spend an evening.”
- The Wall Street Journal
Burns, Nicholas - Ambassador
Debate: Diplomacy with Iran is Going Nowhere
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
