Nicholas Burns
@RNicholasBurns
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Harvard Professor. Former U.S. Ambassador to China and career Foreign Service Officer. Husband, father and grandfather.
Joined November 2012
María Corina Machado of Venezuela is extraordinarily courageous and well deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. A proper rebuke of Maduro. https://t.co/apGAEM5rRE via @NYTimes
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The recipient will be announced Friday morning in Oslo. As usual, the official list of nominees is secret.
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Proud of Harvard @Kennedy_School for this new initiative to provide fellowships for Veterans and public servants.
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This new initiative will provide full scholarships and stipends for at least 50 students to enroll in the one-year, on-campus mid-career master in public administration program beginning Fall 2026.
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After visiting Mumbai and Delhi, I am concerned by the open rift between the U.S. and India. Our strategic partnership is critical to limit expanding Chinese power in the region. Beijing seeking to drive the wedge deeper between us. Time to make amends.
USISPF proudly hosts Ambassador @RNicholasBurns in New Delhi, a key architect of the US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. He emphasized, “The US must revive the vital relationship with India.” Watch exclusive insights here. @MukeshAghi
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USISPF was honored to host Ambassador @RNicholasBurns in our office in New Delhi. Ambassador Burns spoke to a distinguished cohort of USISPF Advisors to the Board, former diplomats, government officials, and business leaders from USISPF membership in his recent avatar as Vice
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On the latest episode of The Asia Chess Board, Amb @RNicholasBurns joins CSIS expert, @DrMichaelJGreen to discuss U.S.-China relations, working with Indo-Pacific allies, and their vital role in supporting U.S. strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific. Listen in:
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My thanks to Mukesh Aghi and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum for hosting me in Delhi. My message: it is critical we revive our vital relationship with India. @USISPForum
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Very pleased to meet with my friend Jay Panda, BJP National Vice President, in Delhi. He has been a strong and consistent supporter of good relations between our countries. #India
Earlier today, my old friend Ambassador @RNicholasBurns called on me along with a senior business delegation. We caught up after several years, during which he had been US Ambassador to China, & had a cordial discussion on a variety of issues.
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The world’s smartest students have been drawn to our universities for decades. No longer as Trump policies are driving them away. - The New York Times
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The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
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This is important and positive as Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. duel with China for influence in the Pacific Islands.
We’re the closest of neighbours. The dearest of friends. And now Australia and Papua New Guinea are Allies too. The Pukpuk Mutual Defence Treaty elevates our relationship to an Alliance. Our first in more than 70 years - and PNG’s first ever.
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Proud of the Americans who have won Nobel Prizes this week. But given the Administration’s deeply unwise slashing of R&D funding for universities, how many U.S. Professors will win a decade or two from now?
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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Proud of the Americans who have won Nobel Prizes this week. But given the Administration’s deeply unwise slashing of R&D funding for universities, how many U.S. Professors will win a decade or two from now?
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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This is important and positive as Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. duel with China for influence in the Pacific Islands.
We’re the closest of neighbours. The dearest of friends. And now Australia and Papua New Guinea are Allies too. The Pukpuk Mutual Defence Treaty elevates our relationship to an Alliance. Our first in more than 70 years - and PNG’s first ever.
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The most ghastly tyrannies in the world are in alliance against Ukraine: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran. The Free World ought to be squarely in Ukraine's corner.
China is providing intelligence to Russia to enable Moscow to better launch missile strikes inside Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official was quoted as saying on Saturday. https://t.co/QigD3MmYEd
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The world’s smartest students have been drawn to our universities for decades. No longer as Trump policies are driving them away. - The New York Times
nytimes.com
The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
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Magnificent tribute to the life of the great Joe Nye this morning at Harvard’s Memorial Church. Legendary Professor, public servant, mentor, friend.
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Check out the latest edition of our Weekly Leaf, featuring ASG Co-Chairs @CondoleezzaRice and @RNicholasBurns, ASG Executive Director @anjamanuel1, and ASG members @kaybaileyhutch and @ChrisCoons. https://t.co/ETRPFurho1
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This week, President Trump proposed a peace deal to end the war in Gaza, European leaders gathered in Copenhagen to discuss defense initiatives, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth assembled U.S....
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"I think a lot of us who served as foreign ambassadors in China, leave with a very different view than when we arrive. I did arrive skeptical of Chinese power and Chinese intentions... this is a Chinese government that says it wants a stable relationship with the U.S. and other
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He is the youngest Sox pitcher to start a postseason game since Babe Ruth in 1916, according to @BostonGlobe
Red Sox Nation behind this young guy in the game of his life against the Evil Empire. Go Sox!
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