Calder Walton

Calder Walton is a historian at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the author of the forthcoming Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West.

Articles by Calder Walton
A person is seen in profile and silhouetted as they walk in front of a pixelated video screen. The screen is mostly black but spattered with tiny white dots and yellow lines that look like bursts of light.
A person is seen in profile and silhouetted as they walk in front of a pixelated video screen. The screen is mostly black but spattered with tiny white dots and yellow lines that look like bursts of light.

The Future of Intelligence Is Open This article has an audio recording

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Greg Levesque, Calder Walton
U.S. President Donald Trump uses his cellphone as he holds a roundtable discussion with governors about the economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.
U.S. President Donald Trump uses his cellphone as he holds a roundtable discussion with governors about the economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Is the Trump Administration SNAFU or FUBAR?

Argument
Calder Walton
An illustration shows spy eyes looking out of rows of red supply chain shipping containers.
An illustration shows spy eyes looking out of rows of red supply chain shipping containers.

The Era of Supply Chain Spy Wars Is Here

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Calder Walton, Kevin Quinlan
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china-spying-illustration-foreign-policy-hp

China Has Been Waging a Decades-Long, All-Out Spy War This article has an audio recording

Essay
Calder Walton
Prague residents surround Soviet tanks in Prague on Aug. 21, 1968 as the Soviet-led invasion by the Warsaw Pact armies crushed the so called Prague Spring reform in former Czechoslovakia.
Prague residents surround Soviet tanks in Prague on Aug. 21, 1968 as the Soviet-led invasion by the Warsaw Pact armies crushed the so called Prague Spring reform in former Czechoslovakia.

False-Flag Invasions Are a Russian Specialty

Analysis
Calder Walton
British writer John Le Carre attends a sreeening of "The Night Manager" at the 66th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 18, 2016.
British writer John Le Carre attends a sreeening of "The Night Manager" at the 66th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 18, 2016.

What Spies Really Think About John le Carré This article has an audio recording

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Calder Walton, Christopher Andrew
Boris Johnson slips over while competing in a tug of war during the launch of London Poppy Day on October 27, 2015 in London.
Boris Johnson slips over while competing in a tug of war during the launch of London Poppy Day on October 27, 2015 in London.

Britain Is Botching This Cold War Just Like the Last One

Argument
Calder Walton
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huawei-china-spying-britain-xi-jinping-071420

China Will Use Huawei to Spy Because So Would You

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Calder Walton
A janitor mops the floor at the headquarters of the CIA in Langley, Virginia, on March 3, 2005.
A janitor mops the floor at the headquarters of the CIA in Langley, Virginia, on March 3, 2005.

Spies Are Fighting a Shadow War Against the Coronavirus

Argument
Calder Walton
Eiko Ojala illustration for Foreign Policy
Eiko Ojala illustration for Foreign Policy

The Spies Who Came In From the Continent

Feature
Calder Walton
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AFP/Getty Images

How Zionist Extremism Became British Spies’ Biggest Enemy

Excerpt
Calder Walton
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