Stephen M. Walt

Stephen M. Walt is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.

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The Credibility Addiction

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My Greatest Hits (and Misses) of 2014

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A Christmas Pardon

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Failures to Launch

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Ferguson

Leaders in Glass Countries Shouldn’t Throw Stones

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10 Things World Leaders Are Thankful For

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The Top 5 Foreign Policy Lessons of the Past 20 Years

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The Big Counterterrorism Counterfactual

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Getty Images/Photo Illustration by FP

Netanyahu’s Not Chickenshit, the White House Is

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Keep Calm and Carry On, Stephen Harper

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Photoillustration by FP

Uncle Sucker to the Rescue

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Much Ado About the Islamic State

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Competence Not Required

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Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images

Survey Says

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Hacks and Hired Guns

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