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…
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…
The author comments on the Gezi protest against the sectarianism of Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The author says that…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
Last month, the new president of China, Xi Jinping, chose to travel to Moscow for his first foreign visit. He and Russian President…
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…