Stephen van Evera of MIT's Security Studies Program looks at the ways the United States has responded to military, diplomatic, and economic challenges in the decade since 9/11 and asks 'Have our actions made us more secure?' Arguing that, in fact, U.S. strategies have been ineffective, even counter-productive, he outlines an 'American grand strategy' for the new globalized web of international relationships. What policies and actions does he see as effective in promoting American and global security going forward? Where does he find the political and economic will to achieve such a new strategic vision? What should citizens be doing to foster increased security?
Stephen Van Evera teaches international relations at MIT, where he is professor of political science. He received his B.A. in government from Harvard and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. His research interests include the causes and prevention of war, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. national security policy, and social science methods. He is author of *Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science* (Cornell, 1997), *Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict* (Cornell, 1999), and articles on the causes of World War I, nationalism and the war problem, American intervention in the Third World, American defense policy, and Europe's future international relations. During the 1980s he was managing editor of the journal International Security.