Ambassador Nicholas Burns | Memo to the Next President (10.5.16) by The Ellison Center at the University of Washington published on 2016-10-11T21:49:04Z Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and current U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Policy Board Member Nicholas Burn spoke recently on the challenges and opportunities for US foreign policy during a visit to the University of Washington. Burns, who previously also served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, discussed the conflict in Syria, the global refugee crisis, US-China relations, climate change, and Russian foreign policy. Genre Learning