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The @CatoInstitute's Defense and Foreign Policy Department aims to restore a principled and restrained foreign policy to make the United States free and secure.
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Joined August 2011
On an all NEW episode of Power Problems with @jwcglaser: . @defpriorities' @RKelanic discusses the Israel-Iran war, America's involvement in the conflict, the potential risks of escalation, and more:
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"Abolishing regional Combatant Commands will not make the services silo off and retreat from jointness. It will make the force more agile, less top-heavy, and cheaper.". Argues @JustinTLogan:
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If the Trump administration wants to cut Pentagon waste and avoid future wars, it should abolish the Combatant Command system.
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To have less US intervention in the Middle East, more daylight between the US and Israel is necessary. Argues @Hoffman8Jon:
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For the administration to achieve its goals in the Middle East, more daylight between the U.S. and Israel is necessary.
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"The hijacking of 'America First' for hawkish goals is clear as Trump treads the same failed interventionist path in the Middle East.". Argues @brandan_buck:
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If those who claim to serve America’s interests plunge the United States into a deeper involvement in Israel’s war on Iran, they should, at the least, relinquish the label. For, despite their claims...
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Do you have a passionate interest in US foreign policy? Do you have strong reading, writing, and editing skills?. Apply for @CatoFP's research associate position:
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The Cato Institute is seeking a Research Associate to join the Institute’s Defense and Foreign Policy Studies (DFP) department. Cato’s foreign and defense policies are guided by the view that the...
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"Trump should not allow the Europeans to exploit his desire for peace to enable continued free-riding by wealthy welfare states that have refused for decades to take responsibility for their own security.". Write @JustinTLogan and @dandcaldwell:
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Trump should make clear that if Europe doesn’t take the lead in supporting Ukraine, they cannot expect the U.S. to once again bail them out.
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This week, @Doug_Bandow joined @dwnews to discuss President Trump’s meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung:
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Cooperation with Mexico's government, not unilateral military action, is the best way to curtail the cartels and reduce drug smuggling. Writes @brandan_buck:
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Despite their overheated rhetoric, President Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum have worked to resume cooperation on combating drug smuggling and cartel violence.
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"Centering US Middle East policy on competition with China is a recipe for disaster. It is an aimless rivalry divorced from concrete US interests.". Argues @Hoffman8Jon:
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Instead of doubling down on decades of failed policies and reaching for a new justification for America’s expansive presence in the Middle East, Washington should begin disentangling itself from the...
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"Trump should not allow the Europeans to exploit his desire for peace to enable continued free-riding by wealthy welfare states that have refused for decades to take responsibility for their own security.". Write @JustinTLogan and @dandcaldwell:
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Trump should make clear that if Europe doesn't take the lead in supporting Ukraine, they cannot expect the U.S. to once again bail them out.
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This week, @Doug_Bandow joined @dwnews to discuss President Trump’s meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung:
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As @JustinTLogan explains, the Trump administration should rebalance the transatlantic partnership:
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A Kremlin that cannot overwhelm Ukraine cannot pose a hegemonic threat against the core European powers.
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Previously, @JustinTLogan and @Hoffman8Jon discussed why centering US Middle East policy on a US-China rivalry is bad for the United States. Take a listen on @CatoInstitute's Podcast:
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The United States should adhere to two objectives in its policy in the Middle East: disentanglement and deprioritization. Explains @Hoffman8Jon:
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Does the President-elect have what it takes to end Biden’s blank-check support for Netanyahu’s agenda and immediately begin disentangling the US?
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"Putting America and Americans first ought to mean putting individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace at the core of a modern America First message, as they once were by its most consistent adherents.". Explains @brandan_buck:
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Yet beneath the modern political fervor and negative historical interpretations, the core of America First rooted its message in a liberal tradition.
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Defense spending pledges are not enough to shift the burden of European defense onto European shoulders. More substantive measures are needed. Explains @JustinTLogan:
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The time for putting America first in Europe is now. To make it happen, Trump should stop focusing on paper promises and reduce U.S. forces on the continent, driving home the point that conventional...
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"The further militarization of the war on drugs, especially unilateral military action within Mexico, would jeopardize two of the Trump administration’s big-ticket agenda items: controlling illegal immigration and countering a rising China.". Argues @brandan_buck:.
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In his most recent policy analysis, @Hoffman8Jon explains why the United States should not center its Middle East policy on competition with China:
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Centering U.S. Middle East policy on competition with China is a recipe for disaster.
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"A Kremlin that cannot overwhelm Ukraine cannot pose a hegemonic threat against the core European powers.". Writes @JustinTLogan:
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"Abolishing regional Combatant Commands will not make the services silo off and retreat from jointness. It will make the force more agile, less top-heavy, and cheaper.". Argues @JustinTLogan:
nationalinterest.org
If the Trump administration wants to cut Pentagon waste and avoid future wars, it should abolish the Combatant Command system.
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