Stephen M. Walt

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.

Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.