In this piece, Nick Burns discusses the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Moscow as his choice first trip overseas as…
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would…
The answer in Syria, of course, is not so simple, writes Nicholas Burns. "The United States is exhausted and risk-averse after Iraq and…
Professor Burns argues that we are moving from a decade of war to a decade of diplomacy and that we need to rebuild support for the State…
Following President Obama's State of the Union address, Professor Burns outlines steps that the administration can take to produce the best…
When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its…
Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright famously described the United States as the “indispensable nation,” entitled to lead because…
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Except for a small number of Native Americans, everyone is originally from somewhere else, and…
Qatar is a small country. It is made big, in the sense of influence and importance, because it has a lot of oil and does not think small.…
By analyzing the institutions that have been created to stimulate energy technology innovation in the United States, the United Kingdom,…