Stephen M. Walt

Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.


Essays

Economics

The End of the American Era

| 10.25.11

Two lost wars. Eroding infrastructure. A crippled economy. The time when the United States could create and lead a political, economic and security order in virtually every part of the world is over. The cure? A new American strategy.

The Ties That Fray: Why Europe and America are Drifting Apart

| 12.01.98

Instead of mindlessly extending guarantees to every potential trouble spot, and instead of basing our foreign policy on a presumption of permanent partnership, it is time for Europe and the United States to begin a slow and gradual process of dise

The Great Debate

Society

The Neocons vs. The Realists

| 09.01.08

Is the neoconservatism the future, or has their Kristol ball been shattered? Stephen Walt takes on Joshua Muravchik.

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May 23, 2013