Christopher Layne

{{Short description|American academic}}

Christopher Layne (born November 2, 1949) is an American academic specialising in foreign policy. He is currently Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He was previously a professor at the University of Miami.{{cite web|url=https://bush.tamu.edu/faculty/clayne/|title=Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University - Faculty Bio - Christopher Layne|website=bush.tamu.edu}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/christopher-layne-1/ |title=All Stories by Christopher Layne - The Atlantic |last=Layne |first=Christopher |website=www.theatlantic.com |publisher=The Atlantic |access-date=2019-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916145424/http://www.theatlantic.com/author/christopher-layne-1/ |archive-date=2015-09-16 |url-status=live }} His neorealist position in contemporary global politics is discussed in his 2006 book The Peace of Illusions.C. Layne. The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present. (Cornell, 2006).[https://www.scribd.com/doc/132780884/A-Radical-Realist-Peter-Gowan Book Review of "The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present"] by Peter Gowan

Layne has also written for the libertarian Cato Institute,{{cite web|last=Layne |first=Christopher |url=https://www.cato.org/people/christopher-layne |title=Study Archives | Cato Institute |publisher=Cato.org |date= |accessdate=2020-04-06}} the RAND Corporation,{{cite web|author=RAND Policy Currents |url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/l/layne_christopher.html |title=Christopher Layne |publisher=RAND |date= |accessdate=2020-04-06}} The American Conservative magazine,{{cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/christopher-layne/ |title=Christopher Layne|website=theamericanconservative.com|date=6 June 2022 }} and The National Interest magazine.{{cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/profile/christopher-layne |title=Christopher Layne |website=nationalinterest.org|date=22 April 2012 }}