Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is a professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 1983, he received a Ph.D., in political science, from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Walt developed the 'Balance of Threat' Theory, which defined threats in terms of aggregate power, geographic proximity, offensive power, and aggressive intentions. July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... For more information on international affairs, see one of the following links: Diplomacy Foreign affairs International relations This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a school within Harvard University that offers graduate degrees in public policy and public administration, as well as conducting research in various subjects relating to politics and government. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, and by other names, see below) is the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system. ... Balance of Threat theory was proposed by Stephen M. Walt in an article entitled “Alliance Formation and the Balance of Power” published in the journal International Security in 1985. ...

Selected awards

• 1988 -- Edgar S. Furniss National Security Book Award for The Origins of Alliances

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Academic career

• January 2000 -- Visiting Professor of Strategic Studies, Institute for Defense and Security Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• 1996 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, deputy dean of social sciences
• 1995 - 1999 -- University of Chicago, professor
• 1992 - 2001 -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Board of Directors
• 1989 - 1995 -- University of Chicago, associate professor
• 1988 -- The Brookings Institution, guest scholar
• 1986 - 1987 -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, resident associate
• 1985 - 1989 -- World Politics, Board of Editors
• 1984 - 1989 -- Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, assistant professor
• 1981 - 1984 -- Harvard University, Center for Science and International Affairs, research fellow
• 1978 - 1982 -- Center for Naval Analyses, staff

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Books by Stephen Walt

• Taming American Power (2005)
• Revolution and War (1996)
• The Origins of Alliances (1987)

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Israel Lobby

Main article: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

In March 2006, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government, published a working paper The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy and an article The Israel Lobby in the London Review of Books on the negative effects of "the unmatched power of the Israel Lobby". They define the Lobby as "the loose coalition of individuals and organisations who actively work to steer US foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction". The articles generated considerable media coverage throughout the world, replete with claims of anti-Semitism and counter-claims of intimidation. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is a controversial working paper written by John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in 2006. ... Professor John J. Mearsheimer John J. Mearsheimer (born December 1947) is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. ... John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a twice-monthly British literary magazine. ...

External links

• Home Page
• Profile at Harvard University
• Profile at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
• Articles By Stephen Walt
• Stephen Walt's World, a critique by Martin Kramer
• Kennedy School removes its logo from lobby 'study' Rosner's Blog, Haaretz, March 22, 2006
• Conversations with History with Harry Kreisler, November 2005
• Stephen Walt's War On Israel, The American Thinker
• Links to critique on The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
• The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Paper available for download from Harvard website
• Transcript of C-SPAN interview, June 23, 2006

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