Leslie Rogne Schumacher, PhD, FRSA, FRHistS is a scholar of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. He currently serves at…
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…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
With his dramatic victory in Tuesday’s election, President Obama must now pivot quickly to address three urgent foreign policy issues that…
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis – those 13 days in October 1962 that were probably the closest the world…
After 11 years, 2,000 American lives, trillions of dollars, and lifelong disabilities for nearly half of the soldiers who have fought there…
The frenzy of indignation surrounding President Obama’s open-mike chat with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has yet to subside, as his…