International organizations like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have been supporting reform initiatives in developing country governments since at least the 1980s. Various authors have
Even as this paper was being written and edited, U.S.-Russian relations have warmed and chilled.
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The deal to rid Syria of its chemical weapons program is done. In a statement Saturday, Obama said "the United States remains prepared to act" if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime fails to co
Professor Burns discusses this week's extraordinary events surrounding the chaos in Syria and the Russian offer to broker a diplomatic end to the crisis.
Finding himself rushed into ordering a symbolic attack about which he had serious doubts, President Obama called time out and put the question to “the American people’s representatives in Congress.” W
There has been a noticeable shift in policy and tone coming from Iran, courtesy of its new president, Hassan Rouhani.
Theory creating and hypothesis testing are both critical components of social science, but the former is ultimately more important.
With a speed few predicted, Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has signaled his interest in negotiations this autumn on Iran’s controversial nuclear program," writes Nicholas Burns.
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