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Books and Book Chapters

Terrorizing Ourselves: Why U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and How to Fix It, co-editor (2010).

"Perception and Power in Counter-terrorism: Assessing the American Response to Al Qaeda before September 11," in A. Trevor Thrall and Jane K. Cramer, eds., American Foreign Policy and the Politics of Fear: Threat Inflation since 9/11 (London: Routledge, 2009).

US Military Innovation since the Cold War, co-editor (London: Routledge, 2009).

"The Defense Budget," Chapter 19 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

"Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq," in Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics, ed by Robert Art and Kenneth Waltz (Rowman & Littlefield Pub, Inc. , 2008).

Cato Studies

"Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 667, September 21, 2010.

"Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey Sapolsky and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 610, February 13, 2008.

Articles and Newsletters

"Managing Fear: The Politics of Homeland Security," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Spring 2011).

"Restraining Order: For Strategic Modesty," by Harvey M. Sapolsky, Benjamin H. Friedman, Eugene Gholz, and Daryl G. Press, World Affairs Journal, Fall 2009.

"Hitting the 'Stop' Button on NATO Expansion," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan, IA Forum, Spring 2009.

"The Terrible 'Ifs'," Regulation, vol. 30, no. 4, Winter 2007-2008.

Opinion and Commentary

"Iran's Bluster Proves Its Weakness," The Atlantic, January 9, 2012

"Cutting Through the Rhetoric on Defense Sequestration," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Veronique de Rugy, World Politics Review, January 6, 2012

"How Cutting Pentagon Spending Will Fix U.S. Defense Strategy," Foreign Affairs, November 2, 2011

"Cut Defense Now, Build Strategy Later," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Harvey Sapolsky, AOL Defense, September 29, 2011

"What Defense Cuts?," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Caitlin Talmadge, The Politico, September 20, 2011

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Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts

"The New Pentagon Budget: Better, but Not Great," January 27, 2012

"The Trouble with the State of the Union: America Is Not a Military Unit ," January 25, 2012

"Too Much Ado about the Pentagon’s New Strategy," January 6, 2012

"Iran’s Bluster and Weakness," January 6, 2012

"The Defense Authorization Bill: Still Troubled," December 16, 2011

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Events

"How Much Homeland Security Is Enough?," October 24, 2011 [Book Forum]

"Why Are We at War in Libya?," May 13, 2011 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"The 112th Congress and Military Spending," January 19, 2011 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Deficits and Defense," November 19, 2010 [Policy Forum]

"Does Homeland Security Work? Evaluating DHS's Efforts to Make Us Safer," May 25, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Speeches and Testimony

"Military Restraint and Defense Savings," July 20, 2010.

Multimedia

Benjamin H. Friedman discusses the Pentagon's 2013 budget request on BBC's World Today (January 27, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 04:50]

Few Bright Spots in Military Strategy Plan (January 5, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 07:50]

Benjamin H. Friedman discusses NDAA on TRN's The Savage Nation (January 3, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 05:44]

Defense Authorization and Indefinite Detention (December 20, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 09:50]

Benjamin H. Friedman discusses the foiled Massachusetts terror plot on WLKY News at 6 (November 17, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:11]

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