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Published on May 11, 2019 by Gary Grappo

Burns’ Back Channel to the Head of the Line

Published first at The Cipher Brief on April 16, 2019

Writing a memoir is something of a rite of passage for retiring senior government officials and diplomats. The better ones make a big splash shortly following their release and then slowly fade to the shelves of the local or university library. The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and The Case for Its Renewal […]

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, Middle East, Mideast Peace, US-Russia

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