NATO Ambassador Nicholas Burns to Speak at JHU SAIS

Nicholas Burns, U.S. permanent representative to the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will speak at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) on Thursday, 11/18 at 5 p.m.

His lecture topic will be "Rebuilding the Transatlantic Relationship and NATO's Future in Iraq and Afghanistan." Eliot Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor and director of the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at SAIS, will moderate the session.

Burns, a SAIS graduate, heads the combined State and Defense departments' U.S. mission to NATO. He also has served as U.S. ambassador to Greece and State Department spokesman.

The event, which is open to the public, will be held in Room 500 of the Bernstein-Offit Building located at 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS at 202.663.5730 or [email protected].

For more information, contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected]