The Back Channel: A Conversation with America's Most Distinguished Diplomat About the Past & Future of U.S. Foreign Policy

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ambassador Bill Burns is one of the most distinguished US diplomats of the past 50 years. In a wide ranging conversation based upon his great memoir "The Back Channel" he discusses the evolution (or devolution) of US foreign policy from Reagan to Trump and some of the biggest issues we face today. It is essential listening for anyone interested in global affairs. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of National Security magazine.
0:53.4	It's my pleasure to be joined today by Ambassador Bill Burns, who is not only the CEO of the
0:59.7	Carnegie Endowment, but he is one of the most distinguished diplomats, the United States N
1:04.1	but he is one of the most distinguished diplomats the United States has produced in the past 50 years
1:07.9	former Deputy Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State and
1:11.8	he has written a book called The Back Channel
1:16.6	which has been out for a bit now and we're really glad to get him in here.
1:20.3	Welcome Bill.
1:21.3	David, it's great to be with you and you know I hardly know where
1:26.0	to start with the book because it covers not just your career but it it covers a
1:31.8	lot of big issues that are the kinds of issues we talk
1:34.6	about on a regular basis and but let me let me sort of take a an arc of the past, I don't know, 35 or 40 years, a period of your career.
1:49.0	It's just a big an hour.
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