Christopher Layne (born November 2, 1949) is an American academic and writer specialising in foreign policy. He is currently Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security at the

George Bush School of Government and Public Service The Bush School of Government and Public Service is an undergraduate and graduate college of Texas A&M University founded in 1997 under former US President George H. W. Bush's philosophy that "public service is a noble calling." Since then, the ...

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. He was previously a professor at the

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. His neorealist position in contemporary global politics is discussed in his 2006 book ''The Peace of Illusions''. Layne has also written for the libertarian

Cato Institute The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.Koch Indus ...

, the

RAND Corporation The RAND Corporation (from the phrase "research and development") is an American nonprofit global policy think tank created in 1948 by Douglas Aircraft Company to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. It is financed ...

, ''

The American Conservative ''The American Conservative'' (''TAC'') is a magazine published by the American Ideas Institute which was founded in 2002. Originally published twice a month, it was reduced to monthly publication in August 2009, and since February 2013, it has ...

'' magazine, and '' The National Interest'' magazine.

Books

* ''Should America Promote Democracy? - A Debate, with Sean M. Lynn-Jones'' (MIT Press, 1998) *
The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present
' (Cornell, 2006) *
American Empire: A Debate
', with Bradley A. Thayer (Routledge, 2006)

References

External links

Works at Official Website

Bush School Faculty Profile
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