Harvard National Security Scholar

Stephen Peter Rosen

1 article 2002

Stephen Peter Rosen is a political scientist and professor of national security and military affairs at Harvard University, where he has served on the government department faculty. A specialist in military strategy, defense policy, and international security, he contributed to The Weekly Standard with analysis on confronting authoritarian regimes.

How to Deal With Tyrants

January 21, 2002 · Features, Magazine

HOW SHOULD we deal with tyrants who threaten the security of the United States and its friends? Tyranny is not a word with which modern political scientists and government officials are comfortable; they prefer more neutral formulations, such as "unitary rational actor" or "state of concern."…