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…
When I hear free-spending national leaders call for more infrastructure investment, I think of Detroit’s absurd People Mover monorail…
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…
Since the election, American public policy debate has been focused on prospective budget deficits and what can be done to reduce them. The…
Last week, Governor Patrick proposed increasing the income tax and eliminating over $1.25 billion worth of deductions to “support our…
As the nation continues to grieve for the six adults and 20 children taken too soon in the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, a hero…
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Except for a small number of Native Americans, everyone is originally from somewhere else, and…