Cato Foreign Policy

My latest with @CatoInstitute. It is time to face reality: tactical successes cannot mask what has quickly become another strategic failure in the Middle East. Washington has proved incapable or unwilling to learn from its past mistakes in the region. cato.org/blog/strategic…

On the @CatoInstitute's Podcast episode "The Strait of Hormuz and the Price of War," @CatoFP's Evan Sankey and @cpgrabow explore the unintended consequences of military escalation in the Middle East and the limits of U.S. policy responses once global energy flows are disrupted. Listen to the full podcast here: cato.org/multimedia/cat…

@CatoFP's @brandan_buck discusses the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on The @MLiamMcCollum Show and @humanreactionpc podcast. Click here for the full podcast: cato.org/multimedia/med…

@CatoFP's @JustinTLogan discusses U.S Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s testimony on @TimesRadio's The Evening Edition with @kaitborsay. Listen to the full discussion here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

"Though the New START Treaty expired on February 5, Russia has offered the United States a one-year informal extension. The White House should agree," @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen and Evan Sankey argue in @TheNatlInterest. Click here for the full article: cato.org/commentary/don…

@CatoFP's @JustinTLogan participated in the event, “UChicago IOP: Pop-Up: Iran in the Balance: What’s Next,” hosted by the @UChiPolitics. Watch the full event here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨 @CatoFP will host its ninth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS). Candidates who have at least one year of study in a PhD program, and who have papers critiquing US foreign policy are encouraged to apply by April 25. Participants will receive a $500 stipend and Cato will pay for travel to and from Washington, hotel accommodations, and a working dinner. Find out more about JSS here: cato.org/blog/call-prop…

"Special Operations Forces cannot do everything," argues @CatoFP's @brandan_buck. "They are a scalpel that policymakers in Washington, DC, have tended to use as a multitool." Read the full article here: cato.org/blog/fantasy-i…

@CatoFP's @JustinTLogan discusses what middle-class Americans think of foreign wars in a Foreign Policy Association-produced video. Watch the full video here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

@CatoFP's @Le_Shif discusses President Trump wanting U.S. allies to send their navies into the Strait of Hormuz on KPFT’s Background Briefing with @ianmastersmedia. Listen to the full podcast here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

"Using AI to make judgments about war and peace detaches responsibility from military officials, the Pentagon, and ultimately the president himself," argues @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen. "This makes the Pentagon’s motive to remove Anthropic’s safeguards unacceptable." Read here: cato.org/blog/pentagons…

"The Iran war incurs deferred costs for a splash of excitement now," argues @CatoFP's @JustinTLogan in @amconmag. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/sma…

"While US bombs Iran, Republican congressional leaders are forfeiting their Constitutional role in major military operations," argues @CatoFP's @katherinet57 in @RStatecraft. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/ign…

@CatoFP's @Hoffman8Jon discusses the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran on @rtenews. Listen to the full clip here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

"President Donald Trump has lawlessly launched a full-scale war against a distant nation that neither attacked nor threatened America," argues @CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow in his article in @amconmag. "He has become the sort of reckless despot feared by the nation’s founders." Read it here: cato.org/commentary/mad…

"From Venezuela to Iran, the president thinks he can avoid ‘the forever war trap’ but that is exactly what we’re going to get," says @CatoFP's @brandan_buck in @RStatecraft. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/tru…

"The political costs of this could get really out of hand if it's not wrapped up quickly." @CatoFP's @brandan_buck participated in the panel, “CVA Hosted Panel: The Iran Conflict Explained,” hosted by @ConcernedVets. Watch the full panel here: cato.org/multimedia/med…

In his piece in @TheCriticMag, @CatoFP's @PatPorter76 writes: "A state collapse, therefore, will more likely unleash chaos in a fractured nation of ninety million people, awash with sectarian forces and astride bloody and volatile borders, a brutal aftermath that will demand more, not less, effort and attention." Read the article here: thecritic.co.uk/the-case-again…

🚨 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🚨 @CatoFP will host its ninth annual Junior Scholars Symposium (JSS). Candidates who have at least one year of study in a PhD program, and who have papers critiquing US foreign policy are encouraged to apply by April 25. Participants will receive a $500 stipend and Cato will pay for travel to and from Washington, hotel accommodations, and a working dinner. Find out more about JSS here: cato.org/blog/call-prop…

@CatoFP's @JustinTLogan participated in the webinar, “The True Cost of a $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget,” hosted by the @QuincyInst. Click here to watch the full webinar: cato.org/multimedia/med…