A short-term success doesn’t necessarily have any long-term effects.
Stephen M. Walt is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. His work primarily focuses on world affairs, government and politics, with particular attention to the Russia-Ukraine War, the dynamics between the US and Saudi Arabia, and broader regional interests in EMEA, MENA, and LATAM. He has been featured in various platforms including Pearls & Irritations, Harvard's Belfer Center, WBUR, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), and Al Majalla.