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.
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
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
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