Nicholas Burns

ATC Dinner in Honor Of Gen Ergin Saygun, Dep Chief Turkish Gen Staff

GENERAL ERGIN SAYGUN SPEECH TRANSCRIPTION ATC DINNER IN HONOR OF GEN. ERGIN SAYGUN, DEPUTY CHIEF, TURKISH GENERAL STAFF JANUARY 28, 2008 THE CAUCUS ROOM Content Copyright © 2008 American-Turkish Council `General Scowcroft,...

Sri Lanka: War on Tamils escalates

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in recent months as the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) attempts to capture areas of northern Sri Lanka held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a group that has fought...

What’s keeping Condi from pulling the trigger on McCain?

Back in August, on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Condoleezza Rice if she were supporting John McCain for president. She replied that “as secretary of state, I think it’s a tradition that I’ll take a nonpartisan role...

Emerging Beast Update

Turkey looks to build up its regional muscle European countries like to view Turkey as a bridge between the West and the Orient. But as the Islamic-conservative AKP government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan grows in...

Analysis: Turkey and Iran's energy ties

Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 - The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened rich new vistas for Western oil companies, which suddenly saw the possibilities of participating in the development of Caspian energy reserves in...

Nicholas Burns: We Should Talk to Our Enemies

clipped by: arifsaliclipper's remarks: Nicholas Burns started his career as a foreign service officer in 1983. He served in Cairo and Jerusalem, before working in the State Department’s Department of Soviet Affairs. Then in...

Burns Urges Next President to Talk with Iran

to voice opinions, share images, get paid to report news and more! Related News From the blogs Former US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has urged the next President to engage in talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran....

Russia's President, In Yerevan, Sees Quick Action On Karabakh

Photolure Yerevan - President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia is looking forward to a meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, he announced during an official visit to Armenia on October 20-21. A large part of...