Writing for general interest outlets

• “A Deferential, Partisan Public and the Future of Democratic Civil-Military Relations.” With Robert Ralston. Modern War Institute at West Point, special forum on civil-military relations, 21 August 2023.

• “More Deferential but also More Political: How Americans’ Views of the Military have Changed Over Twenty Years.” With Robert Ralston. War on the Rocks, 17 November 2021.

• “Why Conservatives Turned on the U.S. Military: Right-Wing Attacks are Eroding Trust in the Armed Forces.” With Robert Ralston. Foreign Affairs (online), 28 September 2021.

• Fear of ‘Terrorism’ Shaped U.S. Foreign Policy After 9/11. Will the U.S. Make China the Next Big Obsession?” Washington Post/The Monkey Cage, 11 September 2021.

• “Did the Afghanistan Exit Diminish U.S. Credibility Among its Allies? Probably Not.” With Jennifer Spindel. Washington Post/The Monkey Cage, 1 September 2021.

• “Civilian Control of the Military is a Partisan Issue: Too Many Americans Don’t Subscribe to a Basic Tenet of Democracy.” With Robert Ralston. Foreign Affairs (online), 14 July 2020.

• “The Vision Thing: Is Grand Strategy Dead?” Response to critics. With Daniel W. Drezner and Randall Schweller. Foreign Affairs 95:3 (July/August 2020): 191-192.

• “This Memorial Day, Let’s Finally Start Having an Honest National Conversation About Military Service.” With Robert Ralston. War on the Rocks, 25 May 2020.

• “The End of Grand Strategy: America Must Think Small.” With Daniel W. Drezner and Randall Schweller. Foreign Affairs 95:3 (May/June 2020): 107-117.

• “How Not to Ensure Credibility with Allies.” With Jennifer Spindel. Modern War Institute at West Point, 21 February 2020.

• “Will America’s Allies Ever Trust It Again? How Withdrawal is Managed Makes All the Difference.” With Jennifer Spindel. Washington Post/The Monkey Cage, 30 October 2019.

• “Wedge Politics Won’t Bring Israeli-Palestinian Peace.” Foreign Policy (online), 8 July 2019.

• “Americans’ Blind Faith in the Military Is Dangerous.” With Robert Ralston and Aaron Rapport. Foreign Policy (online), 3 December 2018.

• “Democracies Need a Little Help from their Friends.” With James Ron. Foreign Policy (online), 7 June 2018.

• “Foreign Funding of NGOs: Why It’s Only Good for Israel.” With James Ron. Ynet, website of the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot (in Hebrew), 18 May 2018. (Published subsequently on Ynet’s English-language site, as “Why Israelis Should Welcome Foreign Funding of their NGOs,” 23 May 2018.)

• “Why Countries Should Welcome, Not Fear, Foreign Funding of NGOs.” With James Ron. Featured “Foreign Policy Essay,” Lawfare, 13 May 2018. (Republished on OpenGlobalRights, 6 June 2018.)

• “The Binding of Isaac: A Lesson in Resistance to Power.” The Forward, 2 November 2017.

• “Why the Nobel Peace Prize Brings Little Peace.” The Conversation, 6 October 2017.

• “Trump and Obama Have One Surprising Thing in Common—The Words They Use.” With Robert Ralston. The Conversation, 8 August 2017. (Reposted to the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, and many other outlets.)

• “The Dangers of Nationalist Nostalgia.” Foreign Affairs (online), 29 May 2017.

• “Why Trump Won’t Be Able to Lead U.S. Foreign Policy—Even if He Tries.” Featured “Foreign Policy Essay,” Lawfare, 9 April 2017.

• “Why Trump Won’t Write the Next American National Security Narrative—But Why You Should Still Be Very Worried.” Duck of Minerva, 5 April 2017.

• “Pity the President.” The National Interest 148 (March/April 2017): 34-42.

• “Does Military Integration After Civil War Keep the Peace?” With Roy Licklider. Washington Post/The Monkey Cage, 3 April 2016.

• “Delusions of Grand Strategy: The Problem with Washington's Planning Obsession.” With David M. Edelstein. Foreign Affairs 94:6 (November/December 2015): 109-116.

• “How the Ultraorthodox, the Alienation of the Arab Minority, and Illiberal Forces Threaten Israeli Democracy.” Interview in The Marker (in Hebrew), 25 February 2013.

• “Israel’s Bunker Mentality: How the Occupation is Destroying the Nation.” Foreign Affairs 90:6 (November/December 2011): 10-18.

• “Israel’s Occupational Burdens.” International Herald Tribune, 25 October 2011.

• “ ‘War on Terror’ Finally Over.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11 September 2011.

• “You’ve Won the Nobel Peace Prize. I’m So Sorry.” Washington Post, 10 October 2010.

• “Après Louis, Hamid: The Afghan Challenge is Far Tougher.” With Arjun Chowdhury. Foreign Affairs 89:4 (July/August 2010): 169-171.

• “Winning the Prize, Losing the Peace.” Washington Post, 11 October 2009.

• “Dangerous Prize.” Foreign Policy (online), 30 July 2009 (reposted, 9 October 2009).

• “Think Again: Barack Obama and the War on Terror.” With David M. Edelstein. Foreign Policy (online), 19 January 2009.

• “Rethinking the Battle of Ideas: How the United States Can Help Muslim Moderates.” Orbis 52:2 (spring 2008): 332-346.

• “Where are This War’s Winter Soldiers? Why Iraq War Veterans Have Not Had Much Impact on the Debate Over the War.” Slate, 7 March 2008.

• “Cruel to be Kind: Why Washington Should Not Reach Out to Muslim Moderates.” Slate, 3 January 2008.

• “The Quest for the Holy Sale: Washington’s Troubling Obsession with Public Diplomacy.” With David M. Edelstein. Survival 47:1 (spring 2005): 89-104.

• “It’s Time To Get Out of Iraq.” With David M. Edelstein. Chicago Tribune, 3 January 2005.