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

Allison, Graham. "Avoiding World War III: What the Joe Biden-Xi Jinping Summit Is Really About." The National Interest, November 12, 2023.

Kissinger, Henry A., and Allison, Graham. "The Path to AI Arms Control." Foreign Affairs, October 13, 2023.

Walt, Stephen M. "Here’s How Scared of China You Should Be." Foreign Policy, August 7, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower?" Foreign Policy, June 24, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "China’s dominance of solar poses difficult choices for the west." Financial Times, June 22, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "Can two great powers cooperate to build a safer world? It has happened before." The Washington Post, June 14, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Stop Worrying About Chinese Hegemony in Asia." Foreign Policy, May 31, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "Why Biden and Yoon’s Agreement Is a Big Deal." Foreign Policy, April 27, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Ukraine and Russia Need a Great-Power Peace Plan." Foreign Policy, April 18, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "Xi and Putin Have the Most Consequential Undeclared Alliance in the World." Foreign Policy, March 23, 2023.
Allison, Graham. "US-China ties: Averting the grandest collision of all." The Straits Times, March 20, 2023.
Walt, Stephen M. "Can China Pull Off Its Charm Offensive?" Foreign Policy, January 23, 2023.
Burns, Nicholas, and Anja Manuel. "On India, the US Must Think Bigger." The Hill, October 16, 2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "After Oil: U.S.-China Split Will Hurt Clean Energy." Bloomberg Opinion, 9/14/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Oil’s Collapse Is a Geopolitical Reset in Disguise." Bloomberg Opinion, 4/29/2020.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Oil Markets Provide a Glimpse of the Post-Pandemic Future." Bloomberg Opinion, 4/7/2020.
Frankel, Jeffrey A. "Xi and Trump Miss Their Chance." Project Syndicate, March 21, 2019.
Burns, Nicholas. "Donald Trump’s Diplomatic Turn to N. Korea Deserves Acclaim." Financial Times, March 12, 2018.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Trump's Iran Plan Does Too Much and Too Little." Bloomberg View, October 13, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "How the U.S. Can Quell the Kurdish Crisis." Bloomberg View, October 4, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Trump Can't Solve North Korea by Just Making a Deal." Bloomberg View, September 5, 2017.
Burns, Nicholas. "No Time for Trump to Hurtle Toward War with North Korea." USA Today, August 10, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "In Saudi Shakeup, Economics Tops Counterterrorism." Bloomberg View, June 21, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Qatar Crisis Shows Risk of Trump's Saudi Reset." Bloomberg View, June 9, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "How Trump Is Surrendering America's Soft Power." Bloomberg View, June 2, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "OPEC's Job Just Got a Lot Tougher." Bloomberg View, May 25, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "4 Charts Show Why Trump's Saudi Visit Is Different." Bloomberg View, May 19, 2017.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Trump's Ban Undermines Iraqi Cooperation Against Islamic State." Bloomberg View, January 31, 2017.
Burns, Nicholas. "Trump Fails the Hiroshima Test." USA Today, May 24, 2016.
Burns, Nicholas. "Diplomacy to the Rescue in Syria?" Boston Globe, September 12, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "America’s Difficult High-Wire Act in Egypt." GlobalPost, July 17, 2013.
Dobson, William J., and Tarek Masoud. "Egypt’s Reluctant Rulers." Slate, July 4, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "Three Benghazi Myths." Global Post, May 17, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "Five Thoughts About North Korea." Global Post, April 3, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "Mr. Xi Goes to Moscow." Boston Globe, March 29, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "Kerry Must Engage China." Boston Globe, January 2013.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Work With China, Don’t Contain It." New York Times, January 25, 2013.
Kayyem, Juliette. "Clinton’s Reality Check." Boston Globe, January 24, 2013.
Juma, Calestous, and Jia Hepeng. "Good Foundation to Build On." China Daily, January 10, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "Refocus Beyond Benghazi." Boston Globe, December 6, 2012.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Japan's Nationalism is a Sign of Weakness." Financial Times, November 27, 2012.
Burns, Nicholas. "Murders in Libya Point to Need for Wise Leaders in US." Boston Globe, September 13, 2012.
Kayyem, Juliette. "It’s the Syrians Who Will Pay for Murders of Americans in Libya." Boston Globe, September 12, 2012.
Mansbridge, Jane. "Outside Intervention in Nonviolent Revolutions." Jurist.org, September 11, 2012.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Asian Nationalism at Sea is Worrying, Though We Must Avoid Alarmism." Daily Star, September 8, 2012.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "A War Over Desolate Asian Islets." Globe and Mail, September 5, 2012.
Allison, Graham. "Thucydides’s Trap Has Been Sprung in the Pacific." Financial Times, August 21, 2012.
Masoud, Tarek. "Provocateur and Chief." Slate.com, July 2, 2012.
Kayyem, Juliette. "Egypt and Iran’s Inevitable Courtship." Boston Globe, June 28, 2012.
Ruggie, John Gerard. "Aung San Suu Kyi Signals Change in Burma, but Investors Should Proceed with Caution." Christian Science Monitor, June 19, 2012.