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
A rehearsal of the musical "The Sound of Music" on Dec. 3, 2009 in the Chatelet Theatre in Paris.
U.S. President Joe Biden stands outside the White House while pointing to a turkey.
A close-up image of Noam Chomsy wearing a dark jacket on a dark background.
Donald Trump on a stage at a campaign rally. Behind him are multiple American flags and an image of him with the words "Trump will fix it."
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with American soldiers during a visit on the US aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush, as it docks at the Haifa port, on July 3, 2017.
A black and white shows President Jimmy Carter in a suit and tie holding a birthday sheet cake. Behind him a man claps and sings as others gather around in a room with arched doorways.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump debate in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Picture taken in 1988 and made available on November 9, 2019 shows a view taken from West Berlin towards East Berlin, the Wall and the Brandenburg Gate.
A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region.
The symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties are seen on display in Washington, DC on August 25, 2008.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for his late predecessor Golda Meir at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on November 18, 2018.
A military operator launches a FlyEye WB Electronics SA, a Polish reconnaissance drone, during test flights in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Aug. 2, 2022.
Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance appear on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Joe Biden arrives to speak about Covid-19 vaccines for children, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 21, 2022 in Washington.