Justin Logan

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Justin Logan is associate director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is an expert on U.S. grand strategy, international relations theory, and American foreign policy. His current research focuses on the formation of U.S. grand strategy under unipolarity; the growing role of counterinsurgency (COIN) and nation building in U.S. foreign policy; and the intellectual lineage of COIN.

He has authored numerous policy studies and articles on topics including international relations theory, U.S. China policy, U.S. Russia policy, stabilization and reconstruction operations, and the policy approaches to a nuclear Iran. His articles have appeared in the Harvard International Review, The National Interest, Orbis, the Foreign Service Journal, The American Conservative, Reason, The American Prospect, National Review Online, the Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. He has made regular appearances on a variety of broadcast media including the BBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Voice of America, and others.

Logan holds a master's degree in international relations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor's degree in international relations from American University. He lives in Washington, DC.

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Books and Book Chapters

"U.S. Policy toward Iran," Chapter 50 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

"Relations with China, India, and Russia," Chapter 53 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

Cato Studies

"Two Kinds of Change: Comparing the Candidates on Foreign Policy," Policy Analysis no. 623, October 14, 2008.

"Taiwan's Defense Budget: How Taipei's Free Riding Risks War," by Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 600, September 13, 2007.

"The Bottom Line on Iran: The Costs and Benefits of Preventive War versus Deterrence," Policy Analysis no. 583, December 4, 2006.

"Failed States and Flawed Logic: The Case against a Standing Nation-Building Office," by Christopher Preble and Justin Logan, Policy Analysis no. 560, January 11, 2006.

Articles and Newsletters

"Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran: A Skeptic's View," Nuclear Proliferation Update, October 2009.

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

"Government, War, and Libertarianism," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2008. (PDF, 676kb, 4 pp)

"Fixing Failed States: A Cure Worse than the Disease?," by Justin Logan and Christopher Preble, Harvard International Review, Winter 2008. (PDF, 5mb, 5 pp)

"Review of Enemies of Intelligence by Richard K. Betts," Cato Journal, Fall 2007. (PDF, 50kb., 3pp)

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