Bill Burns on Coronavirus, The Back Channel, and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

from The World Unpacked · host Bill Burns, Jarrett Blanc

Guest host Jarrett Blanc talks to Carnegie President Bill Burns. They discuss how the coronavirus pandemic will impact foreign affairs and how to deploy disciplined American diplomacy to mitigate its impacts. They also discuss the new afterword in the paperback edition of Bill's memoir, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal.

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Carnegie president Bill Burns discusses the geopolitical effects of the coronavirus and how diplomacy’s renewal can help the United States navigate its effects on an increasingly crowded, complicated, and competitive international landscape.

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