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…
Thirty years ago, I was a young woman living and working in London. In those days, Britain was a class-bound and male-dominated society,…
Professor Burns shares his key takeaways from the "Future of Afghanistan" conference he co-hosted on April 4-5 at Harvard. Like most wars,…
Last month, the new president of China, Xi Jinping, chose to travel to Moscow for his first foreign visit. He and Russian President…
Institutions that play a watchdog role in society offer a persistent challenge for democracy: who shall watch the watchers? We shrink at…
President Obama’s recent decision to negotiate broad new free-trade agreements with Europe and several nations in the Pacific has revived…
Back in 2000, when the unpredictable and seemingly maniacal North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was threatening general mayhem in Asia, the…
Development requires change. Change is difficult; most observers believe it demands some degree of leadership. But what does this mean: who…
In this piece, Nick Burns discusses the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Moscow as his choice first trip overseas as…