Stephen M. Walt

March 23, 2006

"The Israel Lobby"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, London Review of Books, issue 6, volume 28

By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ‘democracy’ throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world."

March 13, 2006

"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"

Working Paper

By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"The U.S. national interest should be the primary object of American foreign policy."

October 19, 2005

"The World Watches as America Attempts its Restoration"

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"In the past, the US was respected because its public institutions could set ambitious goals and then achieve them...."

September 2005

Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy

Book

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"The greatest value of 'Taming American Power,' ... is that it places its readers in the minds of the leaders and citizens of other states, including the country's rivals...."

—ANATOL LIEVEN,  New York Times Sunday Book Review

September / October 2005

"Taming American Power"

Journal Article, Foreign Affairs, issue 5, volume 84

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

This article is adapted from Stephen M. Walt's book, Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy.

February / March 2005

"In the National Interest: A New Grand Strategy for American Foreign Policy"

Journal Article, Boston Review, issue 1, volume 30

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"...how can the United States maximize the benefits that primacy brings and minimize the resistance that its power sometimes provokes?"

March / April 2004

The Imbalance of Power: On the Prospects for the Effective American - European Relations

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Harvard Magazine, issue no. 4, volume Vol. 106

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

September 11, 2003

"Bush Needs a Mideast Exit Plan"

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"Democracy may be a powerful trend in many parts of the world, but nationalism and the desire for self-determination are even stronger. The urge to throw off foreign domination eventually destroyed the Soviet, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, British and French empires, and it continues to inspire resistance movements around the world. Occupations and post-war reconstructions are always difficult and rarely successful, and the US should be under no illusions about the size of the hole into which it has dug itself."

February 2, 2003

"Keeping Saddam in a Box"

Op-Ed, New York Times

By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"...Iraq has never gone to war in the face of a clear deterrent threat."

November 12, 2002

"Can Saddam Be Contained? History Says Yes"

Paper

By John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program

"A successful war might trigger a wave of democratic reforms in the Arab world, but a bitter anti-American backlash is more likely."