Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns is one of America's top foreign policy experts and practitioners. Over the course of his 27-year career in the state department, he played a key leadership role in U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East, Europe, and South Asia. He was the nation's top career diplomat as undersecretary from 2005-08. He is viewed as one of the country's most articulate spokespeople on globalization and U.S. foreign policy. He demonstrated gre... More >