Now that President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have reached an interim nuclear agreement with Iran, they need to pivot quickly…
This week, Congress took up the president’s request to use military force against the Islamic State. The president’s draft would authorize…
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…
Professor Burns discusses the high-stakes diplomatic talks in Geneva between Iran and the United States, and the diplomatic strategies at…
Professor Burns discusses this week's extraordinary events surrounding the chaos in Syria and the Russian offer to broker a diplomatic end…
The miscalculations in Iraq and Afghanistan hang in the air as we weigh up whether to attack Syria. Of course, no situation is ever quite…
There has been a noticeable shift in policy and tone coming from Iran, courtesy of its new president, Hassan Rouhani. Professor Burns…
With a speed few predicted, Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has signaled his interest in negotiations this autumn on Iran’s…
In this period of gloomy economic forecasts, Africa's rise has become a widely discussed international policy topic. The sweeping optimism…