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Barry R. Posen

Barry R. Posen is the Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT and is director emeritus of MIT's Security Studies Program. He is the author of Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand StrategyInadvertent Escalation: Conventional War and Nuclear Risks and The Sources of Military Doctrine.

Articles

Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it.

Barry R. Posen

How to stop the United States from overreaching, overspending, and overcommitting. 

Barry R. Posen

Forums

The war as it has evolved badly serves U.S. interests. A well-planned disengagement will serve them much better by reducing military, economic, and political costs.

Barry R. Posen

Forum Responses

These well-considered responses broaden the debate that the United States must have on its troubled Iraq policy. All the critiques raise key questions that have helped me to clarify my argument. Below...
Barry R. Posen

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