foreign policy

January 12, 2018

Moon Jae-in’s Battle to Denuclearize North Korea

While Washington D.C. and Pyongyang are busy powering up for a standoff over nuclear tests and ballistic missiles, South Korea has shifted the playing field considerably for all sides by electing President Moon […]
May 10, 2017

Time to Rethink North Korean Sanctions

Last year, TV stations all over South Korea were ablaze with scenes of Pyongyang’s latest missile tests. It’s now clear that North Korea remains firmly resolute on pursuing a dangerous mission, even after nearly ten […]
May 9, 2017

A Moral Imperative in East Europe

  We often talk about blow-back: when a military adventurism goes sour because of foreign retaliation. But we never apply it in the other direction: foreign governments facing consequences for their adventurism. […]
May 8, 2017

Can Libertarians Reclaim the Antiwar Position?

I used to view a military intervention as an isolated event with manageable negative consequences and that any regime change is good when the U.S. installs a leader allied with democracy. I was […]
April 22, 2017

We’ve been Wrong with our Approach to North Korea for Years

It’s that time of year again, when fears of global thermonuclear war flood newspaper covers, Facebook feeds, and arguments over the family dinner table. Are we afraid of India and Pakistan finally […]
February 24, 2017

Defending a Free Society

Note: Liberal in this article refers to broadly classically liberal values. I am not already against the next war. There is a good chance I will be, but there are circumstances where […]
January 25, 2017

Creating Enemies Through Empire-Building

Increased tensions between NATO and the Russian Federation over former Soviet states in Eastern Europe such as Ukraine is leading to calls for an increased NATO presence on the Russian border, ready to […]
November 9, 2016

Announcing our new Peace, Love, Liberty Grant Program!

Interventionism in foreign policy has been a crucial element of mainstream political platforms for decades in U.S. politics, but many libertarians see a foreign policy based on restraint as an essential element in the […]
September 28, 2016

Through Iron Sights: The Unintended Consequences of Intervention

This week an additional 400 American military personnel, mostly in special forces, went overseas to Syria in an effort to wrest control of Raqqa from ISIS. Looking at how much of the Middle […]
May 14, 2015

In Praise of Passive Foreign Policy

To avoid confusion I want to clarify some terms and my usage of them. Pacifism has commonly been used to refer to two different concepts. The first is the view that violence […]
January 30, 2012

Thoughts on Chris Preble’s “A Libertarian Foreign Policy”

Last Wednesday night, Cato Institute scholar and VP of Foreign Policy Studies Chris Preble delivered a lecture to the Hoyas for Liberty at Georgetown University. His talk, which was streamed live online as […]
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