Editing Stephen Walt (section)

===Middle East===
Walt said in December 2012 that America's "best course in the Middle East would be to act as an 'offshore balancer': ready to intervene if the balance of power is upset, but otherwise keeping our military footprint small. We should also have normal relationship with states like Israel and Saudi Arabia, instead of the counterproductive 'special relationships' we have today."<ref name=interview>{{cite magazine|last=Keck|first=Zachary|title=The Interview: Stephen M. Walt|url=https://thediplomat.com/2012/12/the-interview-stephen-m-walt/?allpages=yes|magazine=The Diplomat|access-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234951/https://thediplomat.com/2012/12/the-interview-stephen-m-walt/?allpages=yes|archive-date=2013-12-30|url-status=live}}</ref> An article by Walt entitled "What Should We Do if the Islamic State Wins? Live with it." appeared on June 10, 2015, in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walt|first1=Stephen|title=What Should We Do if the Islamic State Wins? Live with it.|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/10/what-should-we-do-if-isis-islamic-state-wins-containment|website=foreignpolicy.com|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905165236/http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/10/what-should-we-do-if-isis-islamic-state-wins-containment/|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref> He explained his view that the Islamic State was unlikely to grow into a longlasting world power on ''[[Point of Inquiry]]'', the podcast of the [[Center for Inquiry]] in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Epps|first1=Josh|title=Point of Inquiry for July 28, 2015|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/stephen_m._walt_learning_to_live_with_the_islamic_state|website=pointofinquiry.org|date=28 July 2015 |publisher=Center For Inquiry|access-date=September 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905123140/http://www.pointofinquiry.org/stephen_m._walt_learning_to_live_with_the_islamic_state/|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref>