Kyle Balzer

Kyle Balzer is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on great power competition, US grand strategy, long-term strategic competition, US nuclear strategy and policy, and arms control. He specializes in Cold War nuclear strategy and the evolution of American deterrence theory. Dr. Balzer is currently working on a forthcoming book, The Revivalists: James Schlesinger, the Competitive Nuclear Strategists, and the Rebirth of Cold War American Deterrence. He is the author of “US Military Diplomacy and the Imperial State of Iran,” in Boots and Suits: Historical Cases and Contemporary Lessons in Military Diplomacy (2023); “National Styles, Strategic Empathy, and Cold War Nuclear Strategy” in the Strategy Bridge (November 2022); and “Policy, Perception, and Misperception: The United States and the Fall of the Shah” in Expeditions with MCUP (Fall 2019).