Christopher Layne

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 at Texas A&M University.[1][2] His neorealist position in contemporary global politics is discussed in his 2006 book The Peace of Illusions.[3][4]

Layne has also written for the Cato Institute,[5] the RAND Corporation,[6] The American Conservative magazine,[7] and The National Interest magazine.[8]

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)[9][10]
  • American Empire: A Debate, with Bradley A. Thayer (Routledge, 2006)
gollark: Remember, comrades, should you see Zinc Ore it is your duty to donate it to the Electric Rail Committee for the good of the people.
gollark: The config says it's more common in mesas, hills and mountains, interestingly.
gollark: The only sensible solution to this is to use the RFTools builder to mine out, say, a chunk or two to bedrock.
gollark: It says here that it appears around Y level 30. Hmm.
gollark: The batteries appear to also require *zinc*, which apparently doesn't exist, or is just missing?

References
  1. "Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University - Faculty Bio - Christopher Layne". bush.tamu.edu.
  2. Layne, Christopher. "All Stories by Christopher Layne - The Atlantic". www.theatlantic.com. The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  3. C. Layne. The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present. (Cornell, 2006).
  4. Book Review of "The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present" by Peter Gowan
  5. Layne, Christopher. "Study Archives | Cato Institute". Cato.org. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  6. RAND Policy Currents. "Christopher Layne". RAND. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  7. "Christopher Layne". theamericanconservative.com.
  8. "Christopher Layne". nationalinterest.org.
  9. Jack Snyder. "The Crusade of Illusions". Foreign Affairs.(subscription required)
  10. Peter Gowan (2006-10-01). "A Radical Realist, NLR 41, September–October 2006". New Left Review. Retrieved 2020-04-06.


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