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The Case for Restraint

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:18:14 -0500

Barry Posen takes to the pages of The American Interest to make the case for a new foreign policy that takes account of U.S. strength and weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The results: a strategy of restraint.

Picking Up after Failed War on Terror

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:08:03 -0500

Boston University Professor Andrew Bacevich levels a devastating critique of the Bush administration's strategy in the so-called war on terror.

After Democracy 11.26.07

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:42:31 -0500

Featuring the author Christopher J. Coyne, Assistant Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, with comments by Jack Goldstone, Virginia E. and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor and Eminent Scholar, George Mason School of Public Policy, and Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution. Moderated by Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute, and a founding member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy.

Betting on the Wrong Donkey

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:09:37 -0500

Christopher Preble reviews Kurt Campbell and Michael O'Hanlon's Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security.

Assessing the Surge 09.20.07

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:42:36 -0500

POLICY FORUM
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Featuring Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute and a founding member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy; James Dobbins, Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation; Clifford D. May, President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science, George Washington University; and moderated by Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute, and a member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy.

Being Right Matters

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:17:28 -0500

Cato Foreign Policy Analyst Justin Logan wants foreign policy pundits to be held accountable, and he has an intriguing idea for turning his wishes into reality.

A Troubling Interventionist Consensus

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:03:42 -0500

Responding to a recent Washington Post op ed by Robert Kagan and Ivo Daalder, David Rieff and Christopher Preble question the capacity of the foreign policy community to rescue America from Iraq and other debacles so long as they remain enthralled by military intervention.

D.C. Elites Want You to Shush on Iraq

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:35:52 -0500

Atlantic Monthly blogger Matthew Yglesias fixes on the bipartisan disaster that is our foreign policy.

Barack Obama's American Exceptionalism

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:01:02 -0500

Senator Barack Obama's meteoric rise from relative obscurity to presidential contender has been aided by the debate over the war in Iraq. Obama, who was not a U.S. Senator when Congress voted to go to war in 2002, has worn his opposition to the war as a badge of honor. But as Christopher Preble argues, that will only carry him so far.

America's Next Steps in Iraq 7.18.07

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:22:02 -0500

A Cato Capitol Hill briefing featuring Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

with introductions by Christopher Preble, a founding member of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.

I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty.

Sun, 27 May 2007 10:26:26 -0500

Professor Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army colonel and West Point graduate, explains his thoughts on the death of his son, Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr.

A Dangerous Idea for Redeployment

Thu, 17 May 2007 08:24:48 -0500

Redeployment to Kurdistan is no panacea for our problems in Iraq, warns Ted Galen Carpenter in the Baltimore Sun. Indeed, such a plan invites a whole host of new problems.

Losing Mythic Authority

Thu, 17 May 2007 08:20:19 -0500

Michael Vlahos of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory weighs the costs of America's failure in Iraq.

The Risks of Staying vs. Leaving Iraq

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:02:49 -0500

Defenders of the war in Iraq point to six major disasters that will ensue following a U.S. military withdrawal. MIT's Barry Posen weighs these arguments, and finds them wanting.

Event: The End of Alliances 05.01.07

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:15:53 -0500

On Tuesday, May 1st, the Cato Institute hosted a book forum with Lehigh University professor Rajan Menon, discussing his new book, The End of Alliances (Oxford, 2007).