Stephen Walt | |
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 Stephen Walt in 2007 | |
| Born | Stephen Martin Walt July 2, 1955 Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) |
| School | Neorealism |
| Institutions | Harvard Kennedy School University of Chicago Princeton University |
| Doctoral students | Fotini Christia |
Main interests | International relations theory |
Notable ideas | Balance of threat |
Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is an American political scientist currently serving as the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School.[1]
A member of the realist school of international relations, Walt has made important contributions to the theory of neorealism and has authored the balance of threat theory.[2] Books that he has authored or coauthored include Origins of Alliances, Revolution and War, and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.[3]
- ^ Walt, Stephen M. "The World Might Want China's Rules". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
- ^ Walt, Stephen. "Is Barack Obama More of a Realist Than I Am?". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
- ^ "Harvard Kennedy School - Stephen Walt". Harvard Kennedy School. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved October 26, 2015.