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Justin Logan
Associate Director of Foreign Policy Studies
Justin Logan is associate director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. His primary research interests are nuclear proliferation, democracy promotion, and U.S. foreign policy toward China, Russia, and South and Central Asia. As a research assistant at Cato in 2004, he surveyed the modern history of Taiwan and the cross-Strait military balance for Ted Galen Carpenter's book, America's Coming War with China.
He has authored or edited numerous policy studies and journal articles on a variety of topics including international relations theory, U.S. China policy, U.S. Russia policy, stabilization and reconstruction operations, energy security, and the policy approaches to a nuclear Iran. His writing has appeared in the Harvard International Review, Orbis, The National Interest, the Foreign Service Journal, The American Conservative, Reason, The American Prospect, National Review Online, the Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. He has also made regular appearances on a variety of broadcast media including the BBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Voice of America, and others.
Logan studied international relations at American University, graduating with high honors, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He lives in Washington, DC.
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E-Mail: jlogan@cato.org
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
"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)
"Grasping The Nettle: If Diplomacy Fails in Iran," Foreign Service Journal, June 2007 (PDF, 5.28mb., 9pp)
Opinion and Commentary
"Don't Expand NATO," by Benjamin H. Friedman and Justin Logan, World Politics Review, October 22, 2008
"Woodrow Wilson's War," National Review (Online), August 21, 2008
"Trading Places?," South China Morning Post, July 16, 2008
"In Iran, Things Can Always Get Worse," American Prospect, June 10, 2008
"Debating Liberal Internationalism," Cato.org, May 15, 2008
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"He Is the Very Model of a Modern Right-Wing Foreign Policy Thinker," June 23, 2009
"Why Obama Should Stay Silent on Iran," June 16, 2009
""United States": Singular Noun, or Plural?," June 15, 2009
"Roxana Saberi Was Released," May 19, 2009
"Defense Spending and "Global Public Goods"," May 8, 2009
Events
"China’s Rise: Is Conflict Unavoidable?," May 30, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Taiwan's Defense Budget: How Taipei's Free Riding Risks War," October 9, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Iran's Nuclear Program: The Costs and Benefits of America's Policy Options," January 25, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"How to Deal with Iran: Options for Today and for the Future," December 11, 2006 [Conference]
"The Case against a Standing Nation-Building Office," April 7, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
Justin Logan discusses Obama's stance on the Iranian election on WBAL's The Ron Smith Show June 22, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:34]
Justin Logan discusses Obama's stance on the Iranian election on FOX June 19, 2009 [Flash Video, 07:31]
Justin Logan discusses the Russia/Georgia conflict on Reuters TV August 20, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:55]
Justin Logan discusses the Georgia/Russia conflict on Bloomberg August 15, 2008 [Flash Video, 06:40]
Justin Logan discusses the Georgia/Russia conflict on Federal News Radio's Daily Debrief with Amy Morris August 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:02]