Rajan Menon

Rajan Menon is the director of the grand strategy program at Defense Priorities, a professor emeritus at the City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, and a senior research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. His books include Conflict in Ukraine: The Unwinding of the Post-Cold War Order (co-authored with Eugene Rumer) and, most recently, The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention.

Articles by Rajan Menon
Ukrainian soldiers drive a tank towards Kherson's frontline on Nov. 18, 2022.
Ukrainian soldiers drive a tank towards Kherson's frontline on Nov. 18, 2022.

Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate With Putin
Argument
Rajan Menon
U.S. sailors stand on the flight deck while an FA-18 hornet fighter jet takes off, during a routine training aboard U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the South China sea on Apr. 10, 2018.
U.S. sailors stand on the flight deck while an FA-18 hornet fighter jet takes off, during a routine training aboard U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the South China sea on Apr. 10, 2018.

What the United States Does in Ukraine Won’t Matter in Taiwan
Argument
Rajan Menon, Daniel R. DePetris
French President Emmanuel Macron, followed by French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu (2nd R), walks past a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, on Jan. 20.
French President Emmanuel Macron, followed by French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu (2nd R), walks past a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft at the Mont-de-Marsan air base, on Jan. 20.

Europe Doesn’t Need the United States Anymore
Argument
Rajan Menon, Daniel R. DePetris
A worker cuts steel at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province.
A worker cuts steel at a factory in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province.

Can the United States Really Decouple From China?
Analysis
Jeffrey Kucik, Rajan Menon
U.S. President Joe Biden, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meets virtually with members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—Australia, India, and Japan—in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on March 12.
U.S. President Joe Biden, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meets virtually with members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—Australia, India, and Japan—in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on March 12.

The Quad Is a Delusion
Argument
Rajan Menon
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan from the Treaty Room in the White House in Washington, on April 14.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan from the Treaty Room in the White House in Washington, on April 14.

The Wisdom of Leaving Afghanistan
Argument
Rajan Menon
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden pays his respects to fallen service members on Memorial Day at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, on May 25, 2020.
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden pays his respects to fallen service members on Memorial Day at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veteran’s Memorial Park in New Castle, Delaware, on May 25, 2020.

Biden Must Rethink the American Way of War
Argument
Rajan Menon
Opposition supporters protest against disputed presidential elections results at Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 18.
Opposition supporters protest against disputed presidential elections results at Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 18.

Belarus’s Protests Aren’t Particularly Anti-Putin
Argument
Rajan Menon
A German soldier holds a machine gun during military exercises near Bergen, Germany, on Oct. 14, 2016.
A German soldier holds a machine gun during military exercises near Bergen, Germany, on Oct. 14, 2016.

The Sorry State of Germany’s Armed Forces
Argument
Rajan Menon
putin-russia-mideast-debunker-joan-wong-illustration-hp
putin-russia-mideast-debunker-joan-wong-illustration-hp

Russia Is Losing in the Middle East—and Around the World.
Debunker
Rajan Menon
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images

A Farewell to Russia
Argument
Rajan Menon
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