Barry Posen - Defense Priorities

Barry Posen

Ford International Professor of Political Science, Security Studies Program

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ExplainerUkraine‑Russia, Russia, Ukraine

Hypotheses on the implications of the Ukraine-Russia war

June 7, 2022

Key points Structural realism is a useful tool to examine the implications of the war in Ukraine for global politics. […]

Press ReleaseNATO, Alliances

Op-ed in The New York Times: Trump aside, what’s the U.S. role in NATO?

March 11, 2019

Press ReleaseCounterterrorism, Afghanistan, Syria

Foreign policy experts supporting ending “endless wars,” withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan

By Benjamin Friedman, Michael Desch , and Barry Posen

February 5, 2019

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ExplainerUkraine‑Russia, Russia, Ukraine

Hypotheses on the implications of the Ukraine-Russia war

June 7, 2022

Press ReleaseNATO, Alliances

Op-ed in The New York Times: Trump aside, what’s the U.S. role in NATO?

March 11, 2019

Press ReleaseCounterterrorism, Afghanistan, Syria

Foreign policy experts supporting ending “endless wars,” withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria and Afghanistan

By Benjamin Friedman, Michael Desch , and Barry Posen

February 5, 2019

Press ReleaseNorth Korea, Asia

Op-ed in The New York Times: The price of war with North Korea

December 6, 2017

Press ReleaseAfghanistan

In Afghanistan, less is more for the U.S.

August 21, 2017