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
The sun rises over a Royal Australian Navy submarine.

The AUKUS Dominoes Are Just Starting to Fall
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How 9/11 Will Be Remembered a Century Later
Argument |
France's President Emmanuel Macron talks to U.S. President Joe Biden before a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels on June 14, 2021.

The Real Reason U.S. Allies Are Upset About Afghanistan
Argument |
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Afghanistan Hasn’t Damaged U.S. Credibility
Argument |
Fires at sunset in the agriculture town of Ruropolis, in northern Brazil, on Sept. 6, 2019.

The Realist Guide to Solving Climate Change
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