No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, ...

As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life. By Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger Julian Barnes ...

While the United States tries to spy on one of the hardest targets, Burns has also tried to reopen a dialogue with Beijing, ...

"Russia's economy is suffering long-term setbacks, and the country is sealing its fate as China's economic vassal," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an opinion article for Foreign Affairs in ...

William J Burns said the failure of the Ukraine war risked undermining Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia The Ukraine war is having a "corrosive" effect on Vladimir Putin's leadership of Russia ...

Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence ... and the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, to send a series of warnings to Mr. Putin’s top aides. As one senior official recounted, many ...

A joint investigation, published on March 31 by news outlets The Insider, "60 Minutes" and der Spiegel, concluded that Russia was likely ... CIA Director William J. Burns said in a statement.

In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns about Russia, a potential ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, and the resurgence of ...

William Burns is director of the CIA ... career in foreign service included time as ambassador to Jordan and Russia. Burns is a two-time Wash100 Award winner.