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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Top ten questions you won’t hear at tonight’s debate

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Stephen M. Walt
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Is the Internet making realism obsolete?

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Stephen M. Walt
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TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages

Arm, train, fail (repeat as necessary)

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Stephen M. Walt

More on that silly Peace Prize

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Stephen M. Walt
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How do you sustain public support for wars of choice?

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Stephen M. Walt
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What if there’s real change in the Middle East?

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Stephen M. Walt
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What the America’s Cup tells you about globalization

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Stephen M. Walt
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Why gun control matters more than terrorism

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Stephen M. Walt
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Power and decline: Why other countries ought to envy the United States

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Stephen M. Walt
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How to evaluate China’s rising power

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Stephen M. Walt
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What role should IR scholars play in policy-making?

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Stephen M. Walt
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EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages

Is the United States really ‘retreating’?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Why doesn’t China just buy the Senkaku islands? (updated)

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Stephen M. Walt
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How (not) to hide the elephant in the room

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Stephen M. Walt
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Romney revealed

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