Brian Till is a Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program of the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the author of Conversations With Power. More
Brian Till is a Research Fellow with the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. He writes on foreign policy, the strengths and shortcomings of the millennial generation, and the perils of the digital age. Previously a nationally syndicated columnist, he is the author of a book of interviews with former global leaders, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Fernando Henrique Cardosso, Bill Clinton, F.W. de Klerk, and Pervez Musharraf: Conversations With Power.
The promise of delinking research and development from the actual manufacture of drugs, and why the pharmaceutical industry rejects an idea that could turn neglected diseases into profit More »
Where many are performing surgery without any formal training, a Christian organization is educating surgeons who stay around despite little pay or prestige -- sometimes despite real danger. More »
Saturday's mass demonstrations in Moscow may draw comparisons to the Arab Spring or Occupy Wall Street, but Russia -- and Putin's "democracy" -- is unique More »
The former Soviet premier on post-Cold War mistakes, the reason Russia never followed China's pragmatic route, and the importance of trust among nations More »
The former British prime minister on his greatest management error, Europe's ability to compete, and why he wouldn't take Bill Clinton's calls More »
The former prime minister of Pakistan may not have been killed in 2007 had U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson granted her requested security protection More »
The former president on climate change, curiosity, and what it means to be a leader More »
The former president on the long shadow of the Iranian hostage crisis, the current president's ability to lead the American people honestly, and whether we're capable of real sacrifice More »
The administration ended up creating a media storm around the questions that matter least More »
Photojournalists put their lives in danger so that suffering in the world and the courage of our soldiers might be less invisible More »
The philosophy behind Paul Ryan's budget plan misses the point—first-world states take care of their own More »
Only two U.S. nuclear sites are in compliance with federal fire regulations. How confident can we be that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has things firmly in hand? More »
Radical prison systems have played a significant role in spurring the violence that has manifested in the Middle East More »
If the military opens fire in the streets of Cairo, those deaths will have been financed by U.S. tax dollars More »
As Christmas approaches, a look into the life of a classic villain from a classic holiday tale More »
For the first time, Australia saw a hint of emotion in its current leadership struggle More »
We'll depart before the mission is achieved, leaving a narco-state in our wake More »
What a new play written by a former Czech president says about Obama and the oil spill More »
UVA's wrongheaded decision not to cancel the rest of its season following the death of Yeardley Love will only hurt the sport, as it reinforces a sense that the team and the school do not take this seriously. More »
This is not about W. or Petraeus, COIN or Al Qaeda; this is the story of a middle class -- the kind of vibrant, skilled middle class that one finds lacking in almost every other country in the region -- and what the neoconservative experiment meant for them. More »
