February 14, 2020

The Career Diplomat with William J. Burns

By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend and William J. Burns

William J. Burns, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Deputy Secretary of State, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the past, present, and future of American diplomacy. He tells them, "Our capacity to draw on alliances and mobilize coalitions sets us apart from lonelier powers like China or Russia."

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