Robert Nicholas Burns (born January 28, 1956) is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
R. Nicholas Burns
Ambassador of the United States to China
R. Nicholas Burns is the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. A career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, he served as under secretary of... Google Books
Born: 1956 (age 68 years), Buffalo, NY
Spouse: Elizabeth Baylies
Education: Johns Hopkins University, Boston College, University of Paris, and more
Previous offices: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States (2005–2008), Ambassador of the United States to Greece (1997–2001), and Spokesperson for the United States Department of State (1995–1997)
Office: Ambassador of the United States to China since 2022
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U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. Grandfather of Charlotte+Max. This is my personal account. For official updates, please follow me ...
Appointed by President Bush, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 17, 2005 and was sworn into office by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. As Under ...
... Nicholas Nicholas Burns is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is Director of ...
I've noticed most Latin American countries have more explicitly small-R republican political cultures than the US: the president is the "president of the ...
5 days ago · NEW YORK, June 6, 2024 — Ambassador Nicholas Burns delivers remarks on the state of U.S.-China relations and discusses related issues with ...
President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping participated in a summit meeting November 15 in Woodside, California in which U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas ...
An in-depth discussion of US-China relations.