Author Archive

William J. Burns

President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ambassador William J. Burns is President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Deputy Secretary of State, and author of The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal.

Oversight

Viewpoint: ‘America First’ Enters Its Most Combustible Moment

If the next 150 days turn out to be Trump’s final days in office, he could still wreak a lot of havoc on American foreign policy.

William J. Burns, The Atlantic
August 31, 2020

Management

How the State Department Could Be Rebuilt After the Trump Administration

The damage at the State Department is worse than you imagine—but also more reparable.

William J. Burns, The Atlantic
March 12, 2020

Workforce

Viewpoint: The Deep State Isn't the Real Threat to Democracy

Hollowed-out institutions and battered and belittled public servants are a bigger problem.

William J. Burns, The Atlantic
November 18, 2019