In the century ahead, U.S. strategic interests will align more closely with India's than they will with those of any other continental…
This last week’s deeply contrasting stories of two New Englanders caught in the Middle East’s maelstrom of violence — the savage murder of…
After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut…
The media storm engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misses the main story. The disability claims backlog, the scheduling…
Will the death penalty ever be abolished in America? Executions, and the states that carry them out, are in decline. Public support for the…
The sweeping changes to the US military announced recently by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are the most public recognition yet of the…
America’s dysfunctional budget process has been mired in federal shutdowns and debt ceiling brinksmanship for the past several years. No…
The plight of the Affordable Care Act Web site has focused attention on a problem that seldom receives it — the absence of good management…
Professor Burns discusses the high-stakes diplomatic talks in Geneva between Iran and the United States, and the diplomatic strategies at…
Washington, D.C. is again in the grip of its long-running budgetary soap opera. Episode 1, “Fiscal Cliffs,” was followed shortly by “…