Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Walt, Stephen M. "5 Things in the World to Be Thankful for in 2023." Foreign Policy, November 23, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Universities Shouldn’t Ever Take Sides in a War." Foreign Policy, October 31, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "The Biden Administration Is Addicted to Partnerships." Foreign Policy, October 3, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Do Policy Schools Still Have a Point?" Foreign Policy, September 8, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "The Con-Man Realism of Vivek Ramaswamy." Foreign Policy, September 5, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Here’s How Scared of China You Should Be." Foreign Policy, August 7, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Hollywood Runs—and Ruins—U.S. Foreign Policy." Foreign Policy, July 27, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Solving the Mystery of Henry Kissinger’s Reputation." Foreign Policy, June 9, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Stop Worrying About Chinese Hegemony in Asia." Foreign Policy, May 31, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "U.S. Foreign Policy Is About to Get Boring." Foreign Policy, May 4, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Ukraine and Russia Need a Great-Power Peace Plan." Foreign Policy, April 18, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Biden’s State Department Needs a Reset." Foreign Policy, April 1, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Some Rules of Global Politics Matter More Than Others." Foreign Policy, March 27, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "America Is Too Scared of the Multipolar World." Foreign Policy, March 7, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Can China Pull Off Its Charm Offensive?" Foreign Policy, January 23, 2023.
Walt, Stephen. "Rising Powers and the Risks of War: A Realist View of Sino-American Relations." Will China's Rise Be Peaceful?: The Rise of a Great Power in Theory, History, Politics, and the Future. Ed. Asle Toje. Oxford University Press, 2018.
Adams, Gordon, and Stephen M. Walt. "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow." New York Times. October 13, 2015.
Walt, Stephen. Review of Special Responsibilities: Global Problems and American Power, by Bukovansky, Mlada, Ian Clark, Robyn Eckersley, Richard Price, Christian Reus-Smit, and Nicholas Wheeler. Ethics & International Affairs, December 2013.
Walt, Stephen. "The Myth of American Exceptionalism." Foreign Policy, November 10, 2011.
Allison, Graham, Nicholas Burns, Ashraf Hegazy, Joseph S. Nye, and Stephen M. Walt. "What Role Should the U.S. Play in Middle East?" Belfer Center Newsletter, Summer 2011.
Walt, Stephen. "Restoring Solvency." American Review. December 2009.