Perspective & Essays
- An op-ed (Feb 2003) about reasons for accepting international limits on American military power [reviewed in 2007 by David Henderson and Eric Black].
- Comments on a book by George Soros (Feb 2004).
- Essay (July 2007) about game-theoretic benefits of restraint in deterrent strategies (and original notes for a talk at Chicago Humanities Festival 2006).
- Jerusalem talk (May 2008).
- A comment on the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize (Oct 2009).
- Short essays about building democracy in Iraq: an early proposal (May 2003) written as the occupation began, and a later discussion (June 2004) written as occupation ended. (Arabic version of the May 2003 proposal, published by Al Nahdhah, Baghdad.); Remarks about Iraq at Beth Emet, the Free Synagogue (June 2006).
- Essay on the importance of local democracy in Pakistan (June 2009).
- Short overview of the fundamentals of state-building (Oct 2009).
- Blog posts at cheeptalk.wordpress.com