Stephen Walt
Stephen Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations at Harvard University and one of the world’s foremost scholars in the field. A leading voice in realist theory, he is best known as the architect of the influential “balance-of-threat” framework, which reshaped thinking on alliance formation and global security. Before joining Harvard, Walt taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago, where he served as Master of the Social Science Collegiate Division and Deputy Dean of Social Sciences. He has been a resident associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, and a consultant to organizations including the Institute of Defense Analyses, the Center for Naval Analyses, and the National Defense University.
Stephen Walt Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs
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Professor of Political Science
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Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Academic History
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Ph.D., Political Science
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M.A., Political Science
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B.A., International Relations
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Chair of the Editorial Board, International Security
Co-Editor, Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Contributing Editor, Foreign Policy
Editorial Board, Security Studies
Editorial Board, Journal of Cold War Studies
Editorial Board, International Relations
RECOGNITIONS
2014 International Studies Association’s Distinguished Senior Scholar Award
2010 PULSE Media's Top 10 Global Thinkers
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Walt is the author of The Origins of Alliances (1987), which received the 1988 Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award.
He is also the author of Revolution and War (1996), Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy (2005), and, with co-author J.J. Mearsheimer, The Israel Lobby (2007).
He is a Contributing Editor at Foreign Policy magazine, where he writes a weekly online column, and serves on the editorial boards of Security Studies, International Relations, and Journal of Cold War Studies.