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William J. Burns
On November 20, the Program in American Grand Strategy will host former director of the Central Intelligence Agency William J. Burns. Join us for a fireside chat moderated by Ambassador Miriam Sapiro.
This is a ticketed event open to the public. Tickets can now be reserved at the Duke Box Office. Any inquiries regarding tickets should be sent to agsp@duke.edu.
William J. Burns is a career diplomat with a distinguished career of service, including as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2021-2025), Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014), and U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2005-2008). Burns also served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is the author of The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal, published in 2019.