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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What the Hagel fight does and doesn’t mean

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Blogs and beer

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Leaving theory behind: What’s wrong with IR scholarship today

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Stephen M. Walt
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More or less: The debate on U.S. grand strategy

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Stephen M. Walt
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Top 5 parties in world history

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Stephen M. Walt
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Looking back and looking forward

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Stephen M. Walt
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What’s at stake in the Hagel affair

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Stephen M. Walt
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Time for another round of hypothetical holiday gifts

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Stephen M. Walt
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Drezner’s holiday gift

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Stephen M. Walt
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“Declare victory and get out”?

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Stephen M. Walt
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The art of the smear

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Stephen M. Walt

Top five reasons Obama should pick Chuck Hagel for SecDef

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Stephen M. Walt
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Scuds over Syria: Is Assad escalating the war?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Dereliction of Duty: The Sequel

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Stephen M. Walt
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Searching for an honest man (or woman): Which foreign policy makers have real integrity? (UPDATED)

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