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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Egypt and Beyond: The Need for Patience

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Stephen M. Walt
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The California Museum via Getty Images

Music hath charms … but we don’t use it (updated)

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Stephen M. Walt
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Oil, Iran, and stability in the Gulf: Why the Gulf states want to keep Iran in a box

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Stephen M. Walt
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Shocking development: WINEP favors ‘strengthening ties’ with Israel

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Stephen M. Walt
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Bad news for balancing in East Asia

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Stephen M. Walt

The mother of all worst-case assumptions about Iran

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Stephen M. Walt
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A new paradigm for international relations: Confusionism

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Stephen M. Walt
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Nation building at home: Why we need roads, bridges, and boring stuff like that

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Stephen M. Walt
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Guest post: It’s morning in America again

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Stephen M. Walt

Why Americans don’t understand the Middle East (Round 2)

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Stephen M. Walt

Top ten things to be thankful for this year

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Stephen M. Walt
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The myth of Israel’s strategic genius

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Stephen M. Walt
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Did the Afghan surge work?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Should Susan Rice be the next secretary of state?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Brain-dead on both sides

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Stephen M. Walt
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