Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad must be pleased at how, within a week, the conversation has shifted from his regime’s alleged use of…
A decade after the removal of Saddam Hussein, we still appear reluctant to embrace one of the central lessons of Iraq: that regime change…
President Obama is right to respond cautiously to accumulating evidence that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against…
April marked the tenth anniversary of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by the United States and its partners. At this juncture, it is…
When Foreign Policy first published my essay "Soft Power" in 1990, who would have expected that someday the term would be used by the likes…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
Professor Burns shares his key takeaways from the "Future of Afghanistan" conference he co-hosted on April 4-5 at Harvard. Like most wars,…
In this piece, Nick Burns discusses the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Moscow as his choice first trip overseas as…
Book abstract: This volume evaluates the various drivers and outcomes of the Arab revolutions, all of which continue to bear an ever-…
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would…