The Case Against U.S.-Arms Sales (and Iraq)
That is the title of a blog post by Peter Van Buren. In his post, Peter discusses my paper, co-authored with Abby Hall, titled “A Case Against a U.S.-Arms Monopoly. Here are Peter’s closing comments:...
View ArticleThe Role of Institutions & Why Humanitarian Action Fails
This summer I spoke at the Independent Institute’s “The Challenge of Liberty” seminar held at the University of Denver. I gave two talks and the video of both talks is available below. The first...
View ArticleThe Case Against a U.S.-Arms Monopoly
That is the title of a new working paper by myself and Abby Hall. Here is the abstract: The U.S. government is the dominant player in the global arms market. An existing literature emphasizes the many...
View ArticlePerfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control
That is the title of a new paper by myself and Abby Hall appearing in the current issue of The Independent Review. You can read the entire paper here. Here is a nice summary by Carl Close of the...
View ArticleThe “Boomerang Effect”: How Foreign Policy Changes Domestic Policy
That is a title of a post by Sheldon Richman which discusses my paper, with Abby Hall, Perfecting Tyranny which I discussed a few days ago. Here are Sheldon’s opening lines: The late Chalmers Johnson,...
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Foreign Intervention: A Case for Humility (Or, why I am a peacemonger)
This past Thursday I had the pleasure of giving a dinner address to the Institute for Humane Studies Board of Directors. The purpose of the event was to honor Jerry Fullinwider upon his retirement from...
View ArticleWinning the battle, losing the war?
Writing in the Washington Post, Andrew Bacevich argues that: We must hope for victory over the Islamic State. But even if achieved, that victory will not redeem but merely prolong a decades-long...
View ArticleUSAID Food Aid and Waste
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is spending more on the transportation of its food aid than the food itself, according to an investigative report from USA Today and graduate...
View ArticleThe War on Drugs in Afghanistan: Another Failed Experiment with Interdiction
That is the title of a new working paper, co-authored with Abby Hall and Scott Burns. Here is the abstract: Following the start of the war on terror in 2001, U.S. policymakers determined that winning...
View ArticleUN “Peacekeepers” Trade Sex for Basic Goods
New revelations about the sexual exploitation of hundreds of women by United Nations peacekeepers have emerged a decade after the organization first identified the problem. In a draft report obtained...
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