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Analysis & Opinions - The Diplomat
Could a 'Big Freeze' Be Trump's Path to a Nobel Prize?
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By turning established diplomatic practice on its head and making an unscheduled stop to shake hands with Kim Jong Un in the DMZ, President Trump demonstrated his readiness to go the extra mile and beyond to meet the challenge his predecessor, Barack Obama, told him would define his presidency.
Trump Says John Kerry 'Should Be Prosecuted' for Violating the Logan Act
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Ambassador Nicholas Burns discusses President Trump's use of the Logan Act as a diversion tactic and the state of U.S.-Iranian relations.
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Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy
It's Not Personal. It's Just Diplomacy.
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While personality has often played a role in high-stakes diplomatic negotiations in the past—for better or worse—experts say successful negotiations depend just as much on professionals who carefully prepare the groundwork.
Analysis & Opinions - CNBC
You Have to Question Preparation That Went into Trump-Kim Summit, Says Pro
| Feb. 28, 2019
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CNBC's "Closing Bell" team discusses the outcome of President Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with Nicholas Burns, Harvard Kennedy School professor and former under secretary of state for political affairs, and Christopher Hill, University of Denver professor and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea.
Don't Send the President to Discuss Nuclear Weapons: Former Ambassadors
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Ambassadors Christopher Hill and Nicholas Burns and Representative Abigail Spanberger discuss the president's summit in Vietnam with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Analysis & Opinions - WBUR
WBUR - February 28, 2019: Hour 1
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The summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un ended Thursday without any deal. We discuss the implications with Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Also, Ed Burke, the dean of Chicago's City Council, was re-elected Tuesday to his 13th term in office, just weeks after FBI agents raided his offices. Burke has come to symbolize for some just how entrenched Chicago is in a culture of corruption.
Analysis & Opinions - The Washington Post
Trump's Comments on Otto Warmbier are a Reminder He Doesn't Prioritize Human Rights
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The Trump administration has never shown much interest in human rights. Last year, it pulled the United States out of the U.N. Human Rights Council. In 2017, within months of President Trump's inauguration, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said diplomats should not let human rights values become "obstacles" to achieving national goals. Trump has spoken favorably about some of the world's most vicious dictators.
Analysis & Opinions - WGBH News
North Korea Summit Take 2: What, If Anything, Can Trump Accomplish?
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President Donald Trump travels this week to Vietnam, where preparations are underway for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But while he declared today that the summit would be "tremendous," the meeting comes in the wake of last year's meeting, after which Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates directly disagreed with the Trump's exuberant claims that the North Korean threat had largely been erased. So if Trump and his own foreign policy team can't even agree on the problem, are we really right around the corner from a deal with North Korea?
Jim Braude was joined by former undersecretary of state and U.S. Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, now a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Graham Allison: My North Korea Prediction for 2019
| Dec. 18, 2018
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Nonetheless, my bottom line: 2019 promises more of the same. Where this conflict stands today is not good. But it is better than it was when Trump took office, and better than it would be under a Clinton administration following conventional wisdom.
Analysis & Opinions - WGBH
Former Ambassador Nicholas Burns Discusses Trump's Foreign Policy
| Nov. 15, 2018
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It's been six months since President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said they came to an agreement on denuclearization, but new satellite images published this week by an independent Washington think tank showed at least 13 previously undeclared missile operating bases in North Korea.