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Rowhani's Iran

Following last week's Iranian presidential election, Professor Burns discusses what Hassan Rowhani's surprise victory means for the future of US-Iranian relations and whether we are likely to see any

Preventing Insider Theft: Lessons from the Casino and Pharmaceutical Industries

Through structured interviews and a literature review, we assess which approaches to protection against insider thefts in the casino and pharmaceutical industries could be usefully applied to strength

US is Syria’s Only Hope

Given the recent surge of assistance being given to the Assad regime by Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia, Professor Burns sees this as a call to action for US intervention, which, he argues, may be Syria's

Symposium: The Future of Israel and Palestine: Expanding the Debate

The Rise of Hate

Professor Burns looks at the rise of far-right political movements gaining momentum in some European politics.

Three Benghazi Myths

The Benghazi controversy’s return to Washington’s raging partisan wars continues to portray our political culture at its worst. So many charges have been traded, particularly during the last week, th

U.S. Action in Syria Could Sway Iran on Nukes

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad must be pleased at how, within a week, the conversation has shifted from his regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons to an international peace conference on Syria’s ci

JFK's Wisdom for Graduates

In this season of commencement addresses, Future of Diplomacy Project Director Nicholas Burns reflects on what he believes to be the most important speech by an American president in a half a century:

Obama's Leadership Challenge on Syria

President Obama is right to respond cautiously to accumulating evidence that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people.

Lessons Learned

A decade after the removal of Saddam Hussein, we still appear reluctant to embrace one of the central lessons of Iraq: that regime change necessitates nation building.