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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The United States Should Admit It No Longer Has a Middle East Policy

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<> on May 8, 2014 in Washington, DC.
<> on May 8, 2014 in Washington, DC.

What Would a Realist World Have Looked Like?

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The Unbearable Lightness of America’s War Against the Islamic State

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The Top 5 Things the Next President Needs to Know About Foreign Policy

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The Top Ten Things Americans Should (Still) Be Grateful for in 2015

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Don’t Give ISIS What It Wants

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Turkey’s Democratic Tipping Point

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Whose Lives Matter?

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Lax Americana

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Who Is a Better Strategist: Obama or Putin?

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Give Peace a Chance

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Could We Have Stopped This Tragedy?

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Why Do So Many People Want So Little From the Agreement With Iran?

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What Do Politicians Really Mean by “Global Leadership?”

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The Soft Logic of Soft Targets

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