Ethan B. Kapstein

Ethan B. Kapstein is the executive director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Articles by Ethan B. Kapstein

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and a dark suit, walks past a display of flags hanging in front of a lush green wall of plants.

Does the BRI Increase China’s Influence?

Analysis

Ethan B. Kapstein, Jacob N. Shapiro

September 20, 2023, 8:31 AM

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, on Nov. 17, 2015.

Biden Must Base Arms Sales on U.S. Interests—Not U.S. Jobs

Argument

Ethan B. Kapstein, Jonathan D. Caverley

February 25, 2021, 12:17 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump stands with an F-35 on the South Lawn of the White House on July 23, 2018.

F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road

Argument

Jonathan D. Caverley, Ethan B. Kapstein, Srdjan Vucetic

July 12, 2019, 4:20 PM

Chinese workers construct a shopping mall at a retail and office complex, part of
a Chinese-backed building boom in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in November 2018. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) — Chinese workers construct a shopping mall at a retail and office complex, part of a Chinese-backed building boom in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in November 2018. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Catching China by the Belt (and Road)

Argument

Ethan B. Kapstein, Jacob N. Shapiro

April 20, 2019, 6:45 AM

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How to Do Intervention Without Blowing Stuff Up

Argument

Ethan B. Kapstein

May 27, 2014, 2:59 PM

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