Stephen Walt
Stephen Walt | |
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Stephen Walt in 2007 | |
| Born | Stephen Martin Walt July 2, 1955 Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States |
| Education | |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| 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 serving as the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of international relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. 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. Books that he has authored or coauthored include Origins of Alliances, Revolution and War, and The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.