A historically-grounded examination of United States foreign policy that interrogates the ideological assumptions--whether explicit or tacit--that drive it.
In 2012, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey contended that ¿we are living in the most dangerous time in my lifetime, right now.¿ In 2013, he was more assertive, stating that the world is ¿more dangerous than it has ever been.¿ Is this accurate? In this book, an edited volume of papers presented at the Cato Institute's Dangerous World Conference, experts on international security assess, and put in context, the supposed d...
With the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq, a special task force of scholars and policy experts calls into question the Bush administration's intention to stay as long as necessary. In this joint statement, the members argue that the presence of troops in Iraq distracts attention from fighting Al Qaeda and emboldens a new class of terrorists to take up arms against the United States. The task force's findings are essential reading for anyone ...