Leslie Rogne Schumacher, PhD, FRSA, FRHistS is a scholar of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. He currently serves at…
Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
Ambassador Nicholas Burns is the Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations at…
The Aspen Strategy Group's Policy Books is an annual series of pieces on the United States most pressing foreign policy and national…
The Aspen Strategy Group's Policy Books is an annual series of pieces on the United States most pressing foreign policy and national…
Who caused the Cold War? In War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy downplayed the role of human agency in shaping events, writing that “a king is…
Last month, the new president of China, Xi Jinping, chose to travel to Moscow for his first foreign visit. He and Russian President…
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis – those 13 days in October 1962 that were probably the closest the world…
The frenzy of indignation surrounding President Obama’s open-mike chat with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has yet to subside, as his…