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Ted Galen Carpenter

Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies

Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Dr. Carpenter is the author of 6 books and the editor of 10 books on international affairs. His books include The Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea (2004), Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America ( 2003), The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment (1995), Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe's Wars (1994), and A Search for Enemies: America's Alliances after the Cold War (1992). He is also the author of more than 300 articles and policy studies. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, National Interest, World Policy Journal, and many other publications. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs in the United States, Latin America, Europe, East Asia and other regions. Dr. Carpenter received his Ph.D. in U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Texas and serves on the editorial boards of Mediterranean Quarterly and the Journal of Strategic Studies.

Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: tcarpent@cato.org

Speaking Topics

• Balkans
• Central and South Asia
• Defense and National Security
• Europe
• East Asia and the Pacific
• Foreign Policy
• General Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy
• Middle East and the Persian Gulf
• NATO and European Security
• Terrorism
• United Nations, International Organizations, and Treaties

Ted Galen Carpenter speaks on the challenge of terrorism at Cato's 25th Anniversary Policy Day.

Selected Media Appearances

Ted Galen Carpenter discusses US Mideast policy on Canada's CBC network (April 4, 2002). [Real Media]

Ted Carpenter discusses the terror coalition on CNNfn's "Before Hours" (October 19, 2001). [Real Media]

Published Works by Ted Galen Carpenter

Books

Korean Conundrum (2004), by Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow.

Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, (2003).

Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic (2002).

NATO Enlargement: Illusions and Reality, coeditor (1998).

Delusions of Grandeur: The United Nations and Global Intervention, editor (1997).

The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment (1995).

Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe's Wars (1994).

Studies

"How the Drug War in Afghanistan Undermines America's War on Terror," Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 84, November 10, 2004.

"Options for Dealing with North Korea," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 73, January 6, 2003.

"Unsavory Bedfellows: Washington's International Partners in the War on Drugs," Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 71, August 1, 2002.

"Waist Deep in the Balkans and Sinking: Washington Confronts the Crisis in Macedonia," Cato Policy Analysis no. 397, April 30, 2002.

"Going Too Far: Bush's Pledge to Defend Taiwan," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 66, May 30, 2001.

"Let Taiwan Defend Itself," Cato Policy Analysis no. 313, August 24, 1998.

"NATO Expansion Flashpoint No. 2: The Border between Hungary and Serbia," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Pavel Kislitsyn, Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 45, November 24, 1997.

"NATO Expansion Flashpoint No. 1: The Border between Poland and Belarus," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Andrew Stone, Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 44, September 16, 1997.

"The Domino Theory Reborn: Clinton's Bosnia Intervention and the "Wider War" Thesis," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 42, August 15, 1996.

"Smoke and Mirrors: The Clinton-Hashimoto Summit," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 41, May 16, 1996.

"Paternalism and Dependence: The U.S.-Japanese Security Relationship," Cato Policy Analysis no. 244, November 1, 1995.

"Holbrooke Horror: The U.S. Peace Plan For Bosnia," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 37, October 27, 1995.

"U.S. Troops in Macedonia: Back Door to War?," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 30, March 17, 1994.

"Staying Out of Potential Nuclear Crossfires," Cato Policy Analysis no. 199, November 24, 1993.

"Declaring an Armistice in the International Drug War," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 26, July 26, 1993.

"Setting a Dangerous Precedent in Somalia," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 20, December 18, 1992.

"Foreign Policy Masochism: The Campaign for U.S. Intervention in Yugoslavia," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 19, July 1, 1992.

"The Case for U.S. Strategic Independence," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 16, January 16, 1992.

"U.S. Military Presence in the Philippines: Expensive and Unnecessary," Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 12, July 29, 1991.

"Time for Congress to Vote on the Issue of War in the Gulf," by Christopher Layne and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Foreign Policy Briefing Paper no. 5, December 14, 1990.

"Arabian Nightmares: Washington Persian Gulf Entanglement," by Christopher Layne and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Policy Analysis no. 142, November 9, 1990.

"Perilous Panacea: The Military in the Drug War," by Ted Galen Carpenter and R. Channing Rouse, Cato Policy Analysis no. 128, February 15, 1990.

"A Fortress Built on Quicksand: U.S. Policy toward Pakistan," Cato Policy Analysis no. 80, January 5, 1987.

"U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels: The "Reagan Doctrine" and Its Pitfalls," Cato Policy Analysis no. 74, June 24, 1986.

"Global Interventionism and a New Imperial Presidency," Cato Policy Analysis no. 71, May 16, 1986.

"Pursuing a Strategic Divorce: The U.S. and the ANZUS Alliance," Cato Policy Analysis no. 67, February 27, 1986.

"The U.S. Campaign against Narcotics Trafficking: A Cure Worse than the Disease," Cato Policy Analysis no. 63, December 9, 1985.

"The United States and Third World Dictatorships: A Case for Benign Detachment," Cato Policy Analysis no. 58, August 15, 1985.

Opinion and Commentary

"Eastern Fronts," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, American Prospect Online, May 16, 2005.

"Conflicting Conceptions of the Taiwan Status Quo," April 21, 2005.

"Forcing North Korea's Hand," Foxnews.com March 30, 2005.

"The Trouble with Taiwan," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, Taiwan News, March 11, 2005.

"Drug Violence in Mexico," A Cato Commentary, March 17, 2005.

"Drug Prohibition is a Terrorist's Best Friend," the National Post, January 5, 2005.

"Not All Forms of Nuclear Proliferation Are Equally Bad," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 21, 2004.

"Powell's Dangerous Kowtow to China," the Korea Herald, November 1, 2004.

"Focus on Terror, Not Drugs," the South China Morning Post, October 27, 2004.

"East Asian Countries Send Taiwan -- and the U.S. -- a Message," A Cato Daily Commentary, September 13, 2004.

"China's Taiwan Policy and America's Difficult Choices," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 10, 2004.

"Keeping Our Eye on the Ball Regarding North Korea," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 6, 2004.

"China's Patience Regarding Taiwan Is Growing Thin," A Cato Daily Commentary, July 22, 2004.

"NATO: A Troubled Transatlantic Marriage," A Cato Daily Commentary, June 28, 2004.

"Beijing Smothers Hong Kong -- and Drives Taiwan Farther Away," Apple Daily (Hong Kong), June 2, 2004.

"U.S. Planning Long Stay in Iraq," the Chicago Sun-Times, May 28, 2004.

"More Iraq Hawk Myths Bite the Dust," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 18, 2004.

"Iraq 2004, Vietnam 1964," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 27, 2004.

"Hawks Didn't See What Was Coming in Iraq," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 21, 2004.

"President Bush's Taiwan Policy: Immoral and Dangerous," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 31, 2004.

"One Year Later: Warning Signs in Iraq," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 29, 2004.

"American Conservatives Misread the Spanish Election," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 24, 2004.

"Unmitigated Gall: North Korea's 'Bold Concession,'" A Cato Daily Commentary, January 19, 2004.

"Drug Warriors Try to Censor their Opponents," A Cato Daily Commentary, January 9, 2004.

"Washington's Peter Pan Strategy for Iraq," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 6, 2003.

"Bush's North Korea Gambit," FoxNews.com, October 22, 2003.

"Washington's Continuing Illusions About North Korea's Nukes," A Cato Daily Commentary, October 7, 2003.

"A Nuclear North Korea? Live with it," the South China Morning Post, October 1, 2003.

"Acid Test for North Korea," the Washington Times, September 23, 2003.

"Missing the Point: Iraq and the U.N. Panace," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 8, 2003.

"Overestimating China's Willingness to Pressure North Korea," the National Interest.com, August 6, 2003.

"Trumpeting Another Phony 'Breakthrough' ," the Orange County Register, July 20, 2003.

"Uncooperative Pakistan Rates Less U.S. Aid," Newsday, July 10, 2003.

"Liberia Folly: No role for U.S. troops.," Nationalreview.com, July 3, 2003.

"Are We Headed for War with North Korea?," the Asia Times, June 12, 2003.

"Roadmap to Nowhere," USA Today, June 2, 2003.

"Why Didn't Iraq Use Chemical and Biological Weapons Against U.S. Troops," A Cato Daily Commentary, June 2, 2003.

"Avoiding Bogus Lessons from the Iraq War," the Orange County Register, April 20, 2003.

"The U.N. Will Complicate an Iraq Exit Strategy," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 18, 2003.

"Time to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable," the Financial Times, March 10, 2003.

"Faulty Justifications for War with Iraq," the Orange County Register, Feb. 2, 2003.

"Pro-War Camp Can't Make the Case That an Attack Is in National Interest," the Orange County Register, February 2, 2003.

"Parting Company With Ungrateful Allies," the Orange County Register, Jan. 19, 2003.

"Logical Conclusions: North Korea, Iran, and unintended consequences," Nationalreview.com, January 14, 2003.

"Forcing Foes Into a Nuclear Corner," the Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2003.

"Dealing with the North Korean Nightmare," A Cato Daily Commentary, January 4, 2003.

"Pyongyang Preemption: Dealing with North Korea," Nationalreview.com, January 3, 2003.

"Relations with China," Chapter 57 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.

"Policy toward NATO," Chapter 51 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.

"Clearing the Decks for War," Chapter 4 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.

"A Nuclear Reaction to North Korea," the Financial Times, December 12, 2002.

"Back Off Tough Iraq Policy," USA TODAY, December 9, 2002.

"Bush Makes a Perilous NATO Pledge," A Cato Daily Commentary, November 30, 2002.

"Needless Exposure to Risk," the Washington Times, November 19, 2002.

Ted Galen Carpenter answers questions about Iraq for Cato.org.

"Election 2002: Iraq," Washingtonpost.com, October 8, 2002.

"Fixing Foreign Policy: How the U.S. should wage the war on terror," Reason.com, October 1, 2002.

"Can the U.S. no Longer Deter Aggression?" A Cato Daily Commentary, September 24, 2002.

"Missing the Point: Bush's Speech to the U.N.," the Orange County Register, September 15, 2002.

"America Helps China Crack Down on Domestic 'Enemies'," A Cato Daily Commentary, September 6, 2002.

"How Washington Funded the Taliban," A Cato Daily Commentary, August 2, 2002.

"Avoiding Distractions," Nationalreview.com, July 11, 2002.

"Protecting Liberty in a Permanent War," A Cato Daily Commentary, June 21, 2002.

"On the Brink," Nationalreview.com, June 12, 2002.

"U.S. Can't Do the Impossible," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 25, 2002.

"Take the War on Terrorism to Pakistan," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 28, 2002.

"U.S. Goes Too Far With Visit of Taiwan Official," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 25, 2002.

"Is Mexico the Next Colombia?" A Cato Daily Commentary, March 20, 2002.

"A Curiously Quiet China," A Cato Daily Commentary, February 21, 2002.

"A War, Not a Crusade," A Cato Daily Commentary, September 26, 2001.

Statement on the September 11, 2001 terror attacks September 11, 2001.

"Roiling Asia: U.S. Coziness with China Upsets the Neighbors," Foreign Affairs, 1998.

"Strategy Creep in the Balkans," coauthor, National Interest, 1996.

"Looking for Trouble: NATO's Out-of-Area Missions," Mediterranean Quarterly, 1995.