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Stephen Van Evera

Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

 

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September, 2006

Assessing U.S. Strategy in the War on Terror

Book Chapter

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

September, 2006

Assessing U.S. Strategy in the War on Terror

Book Chapter

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

September, 2006

Assessing U.S. Strategy in the War on Terror

Book Chapter

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

 

September 1990

Nuclear Diplomacy and Crisis Management

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

These essays from the journal International Security examine the effects of the nuclear revolution on the international system and the role nuclear threats have played in international crises.

 

 

August 1989

Soviet Military Policy

International Security Reader

By Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Editor, International Security; Series Editor, Belfer Center Studies in International Security, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program; Editor-in-Chief, International Security; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom and Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

Soviet military policy has been one of the most important and perplexing issues confronting the United States since 1945. Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy innovations have focused renewed attention on these vital questions.

 

September, 2006

Assessing U.S. Strategy in the War on Terror

Book Chapter

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security

 

AP Photo

September 2009

"Public Diplomacy: Ideas for the War of Ideas"

Discussion Paper

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Peter Krause, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2010–2011

The United States cannot defeat al-Qaeda by strength of arms alone.  It must also change the terms of debate in the Arab/Muslim world, especially in its radical wing.  How can this best be accomplished?  What strategy should the United States adopt for what is often called the “war of ideas” against radical Islam?

 

AP Photo

September 2009

"Public Diplomacy: Ideas for the War of Ideas"

Discussion Paper

By Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Peter Krause, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 2010–2011

The United States cannot defeat al-Qaeda by strength of arms alone.  It must also change the terms of debate in the Arab/Muslim world, especially in its radical wing.  How can this best be accomplished?  What strategy should the United States adopt for what is often called the “war of ideas” against radical Islam?

 

Winter 1998/1999

"Correspondence: Taking Offense at Offense Defense Theory"

Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 23

By James W. Davis Jr., Bernard I. Finel, Stacie Goddard, Former Research Fellow, Intrastate Conflict Program/International Security Program, 2001-2002, Stephen Van Evera, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1978-1981 and 1984-1987; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Charles Glaser, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1982-1985; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Chaim Kaufmann

The usefulness of offense-defense theory is the subject of our correspondence section.

 

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