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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Dreams on Independence Day

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Overcommitment, Inc. [updated below]

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Going off the grid…

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Stephen M. Walt
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Thanks, Bob!

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Stephen M. Walt
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A little doom and gloom

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Stephen M. Walt

A bit of self-promotion

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Stephen M. Walt
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Can anything save Greece?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Evaluating foreign policy is hard

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Stephen M. Walt
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Obama, we’re at war. Stop insulting us.

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Stephen M. Walt
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When it comes to real reform, Obama’s bark is bigger than his bite

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Stephen M. Walt
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Gates to NATO: Drop dead?

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Stephen M. Walt
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What I told the Navy this year

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Stephen M. Walt
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Decade of decadence

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Stephen M. Walt
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War Crimes and Misdemeanors

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Stephen M. Walt
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Is IR still ‘an American social science?’

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