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Analysis | Apr 25, 2024
William Burns sat down with David Kramer at the George W. Bush Presidential Center Forum on Leadership to discuss Russia, the Middle East, U.S. competition with China and the role of emerging technologies in the world of intelligence.
Analysis | Jul 01, 2023
'We are ... at an inflection point. The post-Cold War era is definitely over. Our task is to shape what comes next,' says CIA Director William Burns, as he delivers the 59th Ditchley Annual Lecture.
Analysis | Mar 09, 2023
Bush had maintained a surprisingly close relationship with the Russian leader, centered on a counterterrorism alliance. The United States was battling al-Qaeda at the time; Russia was fighting Chechen separatists. But Putin came to believe that America was an unreliable, hypocritical partner — and…
Analysis | Oct 27, 2022
Selected quotes from Putin's Oct. 27 speech at the Valdai Discussion Club.
Analysis | Oct 21, 2022
In this interview with Fyodor Lukyanov, Harvard political scientist and expert on the Cuban missile crisis Graham Allison says the sides have escalated far enough.
Analysis | Oct 10, 2022
History demonstrates that the leader who starts a costly, protracted war is rarely willing to end the war short of victory—but history also shows that leadership change does not always facilitate peace. 
Analysis | Aug 25, 2022
Russia’s president ordered his "special military operation" because he believes that it is Russia’s divine right to rule Ukraine, to wipe out the country’s national identity and to integrate its people into a Greater Russia.
Analysis | Jul 14, 2022
In this interview, the former White House Russia adviser says Putin wants the Ukraine conflict over with.
Analysis | May 10, 2022
Underpinning Putin’s righteous battle for Russians in Ukraine is an organic vision of Russian nationhood defined by blood and cultural and spiritual traits rather than by political contract or choice.
Analysis | Mar 09, 2022
He’s acted with arrogance and recklessness in Ukraine, but there’s ample historical precedent for his errors.