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Stephen M. Walt

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Trump’s Concert of Kingpins Won’t Work

Trump’s Concert of Kingpins Won’t Work
03.03.2025 6

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Yes, America Is Europe’s Enemy Now

A few weeks ago, I warned that the second Trump administration might be squandering the tolerance and good will that Washington had long received...

24.02.2025 20

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Yes, America Is Europe’s Enemy Now

21.02.2025 30

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Stephen M. Walt

America Is Its Own Worst Enemy

12.02.2025 10

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Stephen M. Walt

What IR Theory Predicts About Trump 2.0

03.02.2025 10

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Stephen M. Walt

This Could Be ‘Peak Trump’

28.01.2025 9

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Stephen M. Walt

This Could Be ‘Peak Trump’

27.01.2025 5

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Stephen M. Walt

Joe Biden’s Final Foreign-Policy Report Card

15.01.2025 5

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

A User’s Guide to ‘Who Lost Ukraine?’

No one knows exactly how or when Russia’s war in Ukraine will end, but the terms are likely to be disappointing to Kyiv and its Western supporters....

08.01.2025 6

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Austria Should Be America’s European Model

My late Harvard colleague Sidney Verba was both a distinguished scholar and a noted wit, and one of his tongue-in-cheek aphorisms was that “you...

11.12.2024 4

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

10 Reasons to Be Thankful in 2024

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, and it has been my custom at this time of year to offer a list of the things for which I’m feeling...

02.12.2024 4

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right

For more than half a century, Noam Chomsky has been arguably the world’s most persistent, uncompromising, and intellectually respected critic of...

17.11.2024 4

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

The 10 Foreign-Policy Implications of the 2024 U.S. Election

Movie fans know that sequels are rarely any good, and they often take a darker turn than the original. The first installment of Trump as President...

08.11.2024 10

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Kamala Harris Is Not a Realist. I’m Voting for Her Anyway

At this point, there might only be a few dozen undecided voters left in the United States, so writing a column to convince people to vote the right...

16.10.2024 10

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Israel’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Moment in the Middle East

On May 1, 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush donned a cool-looking flight suit, climbed into an S-3 Viking aircraft, and landed aboard the...

02.10.2024 2

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Stephen M. Walt

Happy Birthday to America’s Most Underrated President

Today, Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is the only U.S. president to reach that...

01.10.2024 3

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt

Happy Birthday to America’s Most Underrated President

Today, Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is the only U.S. president to reach that...

01.10.2024 10

Foreign Policy

Stephen M. Walt