Stephen M. Walt

As military power proves less effective, an old IR theory is making a comeback.

Some straight talk for prospective students from a longtime professor.

He’s been one of the most consequential presidents in U.S. history—in all the wrong ways.

Washington has a long record of fighting the wrong war for the wrong objective.

The Ankara summit only kicked the can down the road.

Military conflict has always existed. It’s just stopped making sense.

The best way for governments to save money is to stop wasting it on completely unnecessary weapons.

Foreign intervention is a policy with a long history of disaster.

If you get an important strategic issue wrong, there are still ways to avoid accountability.