January 12, 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
November 9, 2016
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
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 […]