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.

Articles by Stephen M. Walt
Harvard Kennedy School graduates wearing caps and gowns hold up inflatable globes in celebration during commencement in 2019.
Harvard Kennedy School graduates wearing caps and gowns hold up inflatable globes in celebration during commencement in 2019.
Chris Smith of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania yawns while sitting in the grand stands before his uncle, U.S. Army Spc. Joe Mosser, returned home from Iraq along the 24th Corps Support Group, July 6, 2003 in Ft. Stewart, Georgia.
Chris Smith of Mill Hall, Pennsylvania yawns while sitting in the grand stands before his uncle, U.S. Army Spc. Joe Mosser, returned home from Iraq along the 24th Corps Support Group, July 6, 2003 in Ft. Stewart, Georgia.
Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017.
Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017.
Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington,DC on January 27, 2021.
Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington,DC on January 27, 2021.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken helps President Joe Biden turn on his microphone before a meeting about the global supply chain, during the G20 Summit at the Roma Convention Center La Nuvola on October 31, 2021, in Rome.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken helps President Joe Biden turn on his microphone before a meeting about the global supply chain, during the G20 Summit at the Roma Convention Center La Nuvola on October 31, 2021, in Rome.
Newspapers in Tehran feature on their front page news about the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023.
Newspapers in Tehran feature on their front page news about the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023.
US President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on "the Build Back Better World (B3W)", as part of the World Leaders' Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021.
US President Joe Biden reacts during a meeting on "the Build Back Better World (B3W)", as part of the World Leaders' Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021.
Pro-Russian fighters of Vostok (East) battalion rip apart an Ukrainian flag outside a regional state building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 29, 2014.
Pro-Russian fighters of Vostok (East) battalion rip apart an Ukrainian flag outside a regional state building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 29, 2014.
Vladimir Putin speaks during the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at The Konstantin Palace on July 25, 2015 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Vladimir Putin speaks during the Preliminary Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at The Konstantin Palace on July 25, 2015 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a working session in Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv, on June 16, 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a working session in Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv, on June 16, 2022.
Chinese President Xi jinping  toasts the guests during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China.
Chinese President Xi jinping toasts the guests during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China.
A joint session of Congress meets to count the Electoral College vote from the 2008 presidential election the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol  January 8, 2009 in Washington.
A joint session of Congress meets to count the Electoral College vote from the 2008 presidential election the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol January 8, 2009 in Washington.
"The All-Seeing Trump," a parody of a fortune-telling machine is seen near where the election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will be held at the New York Hilton Midtown on November 8, 2016 in New York City.
"The All-Seeing Trump," a parody of a fortune-telling machine is seen near where the election night party for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will be held at the New York Hilton Midtown on November 8, 2016 in New York City.
A Peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory on top of an armoured vehicle on the front line of fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants 20 kilometers east of Mosul, on August 18, 2014.
A Peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory on top of an armoured vehicle on the front line of fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants 20 kilometers east of Mosul, on August 18, 2014.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden laugh during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton February 7, 2013 in Washington.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden laugh during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton February 7, 2013 in Washington.