Author Archive

Jacob Shapiro

Princeton University

Jacob N. Shapiro is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University and Managing Director of the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project.
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Americans Were Worried About the Wrong Threat

Despite considerable hype about foreign interference, the greatest danger to American democracy is domestic.

  • Emerson T. Brooking and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic
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The U.S. Should Contain ISIS and Move On

It’s a wiser choice than the ‘destroy IS’ or ‘smash-and-leave’ options.

  • Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic
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America Can't Do Much About ISIS

That leaves patience, containment, and humanitarian aid as the least-bad policies while waiting for this awful war to play itself out.

  • Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic