Richard K. Betts

Richard K. Betts is the director of Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of American Force: Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security.

Articles by Richard K. Betts
A broken Statue of Liberty figure outside a looted souvenir shop after a night of protest in New York City on June 2.
A broken Statue of Liberty figure outside a looted souvenir shop after a night of protest in New York City on June 2.

The Stakes Are High, and We Must Be Better Than This
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John R. Allen, Loree K. Sutton, Dana Pittard, Richard K. Betts, Harold Hongju Koh, Peter D. Feaver
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