In this season of commencement addresses, Future of Diplomacy Project Director Nicholas Burns reflects on what he believes to be the most…
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When Foreign Policy first published my essay "Soft Power" in 1990, who would have expected that someday the term would be used by the likes…
Reflecting on the events of last week in Boston and surrounding area, Professor Burns believes that the wisest strategy will be to stay…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
Here in Boston, people will grieve for many days. How could anyone be so evil as to plant a bomb that would murder an 8-year-old child, rip…
If a friend from Ottawa who was running in the Boston Marathon had been just a few minutes slower, she would have run past when the bomb…