Professor Burns shares his key takeaways from the "Future of Afghanistan" conference he co-hosted on April 4-5 at Harvard. Like most wars,…
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President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would…
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis – those 13 days in October 1962 that were probably the closest the world…
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Parisians are used to a certain amount of inertia in August, when the locals vacate and leave their city to the tourists. There are no…
President Barack Obama has made the reset with Russia a priority, while Governor Mitt Romney has called the Kremlin America’s “number one…
The Obama administration is looking east to Asia and the many dilemmas concerning our future power contest with China. There are plenty of…
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