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. "America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War." Foreign Policy. October 18, 2023.
Campanella, Edoardo, and John Haigh. "China Wants to Run Your Internet." Foreign Policy. August 25, 2023.
Rosenbach, Eric, and Chris Li. "US and China must establish military communications." Boston Globe. July 3, 2023.
Dancy, Geoff, Kathryn Sikkink, Mykhailo Soldatenko, and Patrick Vinck. "Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy." Foreign Affairs. June 8, 2023.
Burns, Nicholas. "The Diplomat as Gardener." Foreign Affairs. February 19, 2021.
Bunn, Matthew. "Stepping Back from the Brink on Iran." The Boston Globe. January 2020.
Power, Samantha. "A Belated Recognition of Genocide by the House." New York Times. October 29, 2019.
Bunn, Matthew. "How to Step Back from the Brink with Iran." Defense One. June 18, 2019.
Bunn, Matthew. "How Trump Can Fix the Iran Deal." Boston Globe. May 7, 2018.
Roth, Nickolas, Bunn, Matthew, and Tobey, William H. "Rhetoric Aside, the U.S. Commitment to Preventing Nuclear Terrorism is Waning." The Hill. 4/19/2018.
Bunn, Matthew, and Nickolas Roth. "The Effects of a Single Terrorist Nuclear Bomb." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. September 28, 2017.
Bunn, Matthew. "North Korea and America Could Stumble into a Nuclear War." The National Interest. August 17, 2017.
Allison, Graham. "A Blueprint for Donald Trump to Fix Relations with Russia." The National Interest. December 18, 2016.
Allison, Graham. "Don't Know Much About History." Atlantic. September 2016.
Allison, Graham. "Of Course China, Like All Great Powers, Will Ignore an International Legal Verdict." Diplomat. July 11, 2016.
Allison, Graham. "Is Iran Still Israel's Top Threat?" Atlantic. March 8, 2016.
Adams, Gordon, and Stephen M. Walt. "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow." New York Times. October 13, 2015.
Parker, Richard. "Greece on the Razor's Edge." The American Prospect. April 22, 2015.
Allison, Graham. "Just How Likely Is Another World War?" The Atlantic. July 14, 2014.
Allison, Graham. "Could the Ukraine Crisis Spark a World War?" National Interest. May 7, 2014.
Robert Blackwill, and Meghan O'Sullivan. "America’s Energy Edge: The Geopolitical Consequences of the Shale Revolution." Foreign Affairs. March/April 2014.
Allison, Graham. "The Red-Zone Theory of the Iran Nuclear Deal." Atlantic Monthly. November 27, 2013.
Burns, Nicholas. "US-Russia Chemical Weapons Deal on Syria: 3 Questions with Ambassador Nicholas Burns." GlobalPost. September 16, 2013.
Allison, Graham. "Beyond Airstrikes: On Syria, Ask 'What Would the Godfather Do?'." Atlantic Monthly. September 9, 2013.
Allison, Graham. "Will Iran Get a Bomb—or Be Bombed Itself—This Year?" Atlantic Monthly. August 1, 2013.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "Lessons Learned." World Affairs. May/June 2013, 26-29.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "The Iraq War at Ten." American Interest. May-June 2013.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "What China and Russia Don't Get About Soft Power." Foreign Policy. April 29, 2013.
O'Sullivan, Meghan. "The Iraq War at Ten." American Interest. March 19, 2013.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "Our Pacific Predicament." American Interest. March/April 2013.
Allison, Graham, and Robert Blackwill. "Will China Ever Be No. 1?" Foreign Policy. February 16, 2013.
Juma, Calestous. "The China-Africa Bond: Science, Technology and Engineering Diplomacy." CAIJING Annual Edition: Forecasts and Strategies. 2012.
Allison, Graham. "The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50." Foreign Affairs. July/August 2012.
Allison, Graham. "Slinking Toward the Bomb." Scientific American. June 2012.
Bunn, Matthew, and Abbas Maleki. "How to Avoid a War With Iran." Foreign Policy. May 21, 2012.
Allison, Graham. "How It Went Down." Time Magazine. May 7, 2012.
Parker, Richard. "A Personal Journey to the Heart of Greece’s Darkness." Financial Times. February 15, 2012.
Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The Future of American Power." Foreign Affairs. November/December 2010, 2-12.
Walt, Stephen. "Report on Middle East Affairs." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. December 2009, 24.
Walt, Stephen. "High Cost, Low Odds." Nation. October 21, 2009.
Stiglitz, Joseph E., and Linda J. Bilmes. "The $10 Trillion Hangover." Harper's Magazine. January 2009.