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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Learning the right lessons

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Stephen M. Walt

On Tony Kushner

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Stephen M. Walt

Did the United States murder bin Laden?

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Stephen M. Walt
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What bin Laden’s death really means

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Stephen M. Walt

Wishful Thinking

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Top 10 examples of “wishful thinking” in U.S. foreign policy

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Stephen M. Walt

Who are the most entertaining IR scholars?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Rearranging the deck chairs

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Stephen M. Walt
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Whiff of Desperation

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JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images

Taking Qaddafi out (and not for dinner)

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Stephen M. Walt
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GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images

The intervention paradox

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Stephen M. Walt
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A tale of two despots: Mubarak gets jail; Qaddafi gets a pass?

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Stephen M. Walt
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Unanswerable question of the day: Who uttered the first pun?

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Stephen M. Walt
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More to Read About Libya

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Stephen M. Walt
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Did Kerry flip-flop on Israel’s settlements?

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Stephen M. Walt
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