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…
Reflecting on the events of last week in Boston and surrounding area, Professor Burns believes that the wisest strategy will be to stay…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
Here in Boston, people will grieve for many days. How could anyone be so evil as to plant a bomb that would murder an 8-year-old child, rip…
If a friend from Ottawa who was running in the Boston Marathon had been just a few minutes slower, she would have run past when the bomb…
Professor Burns shares his key takeaways from the "Future of Afghanistan" conference he co-hosted on April 4-5 at Harvard. Like most wars,…
Back in 2000, when the unpredictable and seemingly maniacal North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was threatening general mayhem in Asia, the…
Book abstract: Featuring paired pro/con pieces written specifically for this volume, Debating Terrorism encourages students to actively…