Public Writing and Outreach

Public Writing / Outreach 

1. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. "A Deferential, Partisan Public and the Future of Democratic Civil-Military Relations." Modern War Institute, 21 August 2023.

2. Robert Ralston. "US Decline And Anti-Asian American Sentiment." Security in Context, 5 July 2023.

3. Robert Ralston. "Liz Truss is trying to channel Margaret Thatcher. Why it’s not working." Washington Post/Made by History, 17 October 2022.

4. Robert Ralston. "Beware Of Leaders Using ‘Decline’ To Boost Military Might." Responsible Statecraft, 21 September 2022.

5. Robert Ralston. "The Falklands War at 40." Responsible Statecraft, 6 April 2022. 

6. Robert Ralston. "US Public Prefers Diplomacy over War on Ukraine." Responsible Statecraft, 25 January 2022.  

7. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. "More Deferential but also More Political: How Americans' Views of the Military Have Changed Over 20 Years." War on the Rocks, 17 November 2021.

   1. • Featured in the Institute for Defense Analyses' Early Bird Newsletter.

8. Jen Spindel and Robert Ralston. "Congress might require women to register for the draft. Where do Republicans and Democrats stand?” The Washington Post/Monkey Cage, 15 November 2021.

9. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. “Why Conservatives Turned on the U.S. Military.” Foreign Affairs, 28 September 2021. 

10. Jen Spindel, Matt Motta, and Robert Ralston. "Americans aren’t worried about white nationalism in the military – because they don’t know it’s there." The Conversation, 9 October 2020. 

    1. • Translated to French

11.  Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. “Civilian Control of the Military Is a Partisan Issue.” Foreign Affairs, 14 July 2020. 

12. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. “This Memorial Day, Let’s Finally Start Having an Honest National Conversation About Military Service.” War on the Rocks, 25 May 2020. 

13. Robert Ralston. “Introduction to Roundtable: Teaching Grand Strategy.” H-Diplo, 2 April 2020. 

14. Robert Ralston. "What Good is Grand Strategy?" United States Army War College War Room, 26 March 2020. 

15. Robert Ralston. "To win, President Trump must look forward, not backward," Washington Post/Made by History, 7 February 2020. 

16. Matt Motta, Robert Ralston, and Jen Spindel. “Veterans are Concerned about Climate Change and that Matters." The Conversation, March 2019.

17. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston. Podcast Interview: The Dangers of Deference on Thank You For Your Service , 24 December 2018.

18. Ron Krebs, Robert Ralston, and Aaron Rapport. “Americans’ Blind Faith in the Military Is Dangerous." Foreign Policy, 3 December 2018.

19. Ron Krebs and Robert Ralston “Trump and Obama Have One Surprising Thing in Common – The Words They Use." The Conversation, 8 August 2017.

    1. • Featured in the Washington Post (2019).

20. Jen Spindel and Robert Ralston “The Transgender Ban and the Politics of Exclusion." Duck of Minerva, 28 July 2017.

21. Manion, Megan, Ralston, Robert, Matthews, Thandi, and Ian Allan. “Using Budget Analysis to Confront Governments: What Practitioners Need to Know." OpenGlobalRights, 2 May 2016.

22. Ian Allan, Megan Manion, Thandi Matthews, and Robert Ralston. "Human Rights Watch Advisory Project 2016: Budget Analysis." Presented to Human Rights Watch, 2016.