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Ted Galen Carpenter
Opinion and Commentary
"Stoke China's Fears," National Interest (Online), October 23, 2009
"Storm Warning," South China Morning Post, September 26, 2009
"A New Monroe Doctrine," National Interest (Online), September 21, 2009
"Chaos on the Border," National Interest (Online), September 11, 2009
"Win, Hold and Lose," National Interest (Online), September 1, 2009
"United Colors of Democracy," American Conservative, July 29, 2009
"Going 'All In' with North Korea," National Interest (Online), July 9, 2009
"Nuclear Realities," National Interest (Online), June 11, 2009
"Which Side Is Bluffing in N Korean Standoff?," South China Morning Post, May 29, 2009
"Proliferated Nonsense," National Interest (Online), May 20, 2009
"Shooting Up the Border," National Interest (Online), April 16, 2009
"A Bold Plan B for North Korea," Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 2009
"The Feckless Alliance," National Interest (Online), April 6, 2009
"Bad Neighbors," National Interest (Online), March 9, 2009
"Fight Drugs or Terrorists — But Not Both," by Ted Galen Carpenter and David Rittgers, Guardian, March 6, 2009
"NATO's Welfare Bums," National Interest (Online), February 19, 2009
"Drug Gangs Winning the War for Mexico," Houston Chronicle, February 7, 2009
"Lazy Allies," National Interest (Online), February 2, 2009
"Obama's Legislative Funeral," National Interest (Online), January 15, 2009
"America's Imperiled Military Lifeline through Pakistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, Dallas Morning News, December 28, 2008
"What Is the DEA Smoking?," National Interest (Online), December 17, 2008
"Afghanistan's Drug Problem," National Interest (Online), December 5, 2008
"Worse than Bush?," National Interest (Online), November 7, 2008
"Taiwan's Delicate Détente," The Wall Street Journal Asia, October 30, 2008
"Mexico's Colombian Exchange," National Interest (Online), October 10, 2008
"What Russia Wants," American Conservative, September 18, 2008
"The Limits of Deterrence," National Interest (Online), September 3, 2008
"Kosovo Precedent Prevails," National Interest (Online), August 26, 2008
"John McCain's Foreign Policy Judgment Is Questionable," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 19, 2008
"On Thin Ice," National Interest (Online), August 14, 2008
"Poking the Bear," National Interest (Online), July 29, 2008
"How Good Was the Good War?," American Conservative, July 22, 2008
"John McCain on Foreign Policy: Even Worse Than Bush," Chronicles, July 21, 2008
"A Plan B for Pyongyang," National Interest (Online), July 14, 2008
"Curb Your Enthusiasm," National Interest (Online), June 27, 2008
"Worried Dragon," National Interest (Online), June 11, 2008
"Do No Harm," Washington Times, June 2, 2008
"Bush's Bizarro World," National Interest (Online), May 19, 2008
"Rapid Reaction: McCain's Folly," National Interest (Online), May 1, 2008
"The Babysitter's Club," National Interest (Online), April 4, 2008
"Taiwan Strait Tightrope," Asian Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2008
"Persian Pitfalls," National Interest (Online), March 14, 2008
"Iran's Influence in Iraq," Sacramento Bee, March 6, 2008
"Kosovo Independence Grenade," Middle East Times, February 22, 2008
"NATO's West Bank Nightmare," National Interest (Online), February 20, 2008
"Golden Opportunity," South China Morning Post, January 31, 2008
"Inside Track: Strait Talk," National Interest (Online), January 15, 2008
"Fool Me Once... North Korea Does it Again," National Interest (Online), January 9, 2008
"Jim Talent's Untalented Defense Analysis," National Interest (Online), November 26, 2007
"Fred Thompson's Defense Diatribe," National Interest (Online), November 15, 2007
"Sharpening the Dragon's Claws," Star Telegram, October 24, 2007
"Is There a Proliferation 'Hysteria'?," National Interest (Online), October 9, 2007
"Don't Get Fooled Again," National Interest (Online), September 17, 2007
"A True Parallel between Vietnam, Iraq: Vitriol," Modesto Bee, September 6, 2007
"Bush's Iran Argument Lacks Sense, Credibility," Times Union, September 2, 2007
"Democracy and Demagoguery in the Middle East," National Interest (Online), August 13, 2007
"Talking Past One Another: Taiwan, China, America and the "Status Quo"," South China Morning Post, August 11, 2007
"A Dangerous Position on Darfur," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Christopher Preble, Cato.org, July 27, 2007
"Talk to Iran; It's Working with N. Korea," OCRegister.com, July 25, 2007
"Don't Take Covert Action Against Iran," Sacramento Bee, May 25, 2007
"America's Baltic Time Bomb," South China Morning Post, May 24, 2007
"Withdrawing to Kurdistan Is No Withdrawal," The Baltimore Sun, May 15, 2007
"Taiwan's Free Ride on U.S. Defense," Asian Wall Street Journal, April 23, 2007
"China's Defense Budget Fiction," South China Morning Post, March 7, 2007
"3 Cheers on the Pyongyang Deal? Maybe Not," Star Telegram, February 16, 2007
"U.S. Needs to Stop Iraq Problem From Spreading to Region," Chicago Sun-Times, February 10, 2007
"Evidence Suggests Iran Wouldn't Pull Nuclear Trigger," by Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, February 7, 2007
"The Myth of an al Qaeda Takeover of Iraq," OCRegister.com, January 28, 2007
"How Security Problems Can Undermine Economic Progress," Times of India, November 29, 2006
"Withdrawal From Iraq Now Will Be Less Painful Than Years From Now," Chicago Sun-Times, November 26, 2006
"Nuclear Neighbors Might Thwart N. Korea," Chicago Sun-Times, November 11, 2006
"North Korea and Iran: The Case for Formal Relations," Chronicles, November 2, 2006
"What to Do Before Tehran Gets the Bomb," SFGate.com, October 25, 2006
"North Korean Sanctions: A Cruel Mirage," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Christopher Preble, Houston Chronicle, October 19, 2006
"Chinese Must Pluck Kim From Nuke Perch," Daily News, October 10, 2006
"Keep a Cool Head," The Baltimore Sun, September 20, 2006
"It’s Not Another World War," McClatchy News Service, September 5, 2006
"Bringing Down Kim," Cato.org, September 4, 2006
"Washington's Masochistic Policy in Iraq," San Francisco Chronicle, August 8, 2006
"Bomb Them to Gain Their Support?," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 2006
"Don't Needlessly Antagonize Russia," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, Cato.org, July 14, 2006
"Rosett Column on North Korea Reckless and Illogical," USA Today, July 14, 2006
"Careful What You Wish For: The Effort to Oust Chen Shui-bian," Cato.org, July 13, 2006
"A Nuisance, Not a Threat," The Baltimore Sun, July 10, 2006
"Hasty Plans a Bigger Threat Than N. Korea," Daily News, June 28, 2006
"What Strategic Ambiguity?," South China Morning Post, June 12, 2006
"With Zarqawi's Death, U.S. Should Exit Iraq," Fox News (Online), June 9, 2006
"U.S. Snub Is Wrong Response," Cato.org, May 29, 2006
"The Bush Administration Snubs Taiwan," Fox News (Online), May 12, 2006
"Strung Out: Prohibition Stays Put South of the Border," National Review, May 4, 2006
"Two Restrained Cheers for Mexico's New Drug Law," Cato.org, May 3, 2006
"Free Speech for Generals," The Baltimore Sun, April 27, 2006
"U.S Must Offer Iran Diplomatic Deal," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, Fox News (Online), April 21, 2006
"Don't Let Iraq's Sunni-Shia Conflict Spread Through the Mideast," Globe and Mail online, April 14, 2006
"Tougher Than It Looks," Cato.org, April 12, 2006
"How China Can Reassure Neighbors, U.S.," Fox News (Online), March 17, 2006
"U.S. Allies Bring Little to Table in Iraq, Afghanistan," Chicago Sun-Times, February 11, 2006
"Dubious Assumptions about Iran," Fox News (Online), February 8, 2006
"Bush's Call to Stay the Course Is Simply an Act of Folly," Daily Star, January 27, 2006
"Policy of Restraint Offers Best Payoff," The Baltimore Sun, January 24, 2006
"NATO Insists on Poking Russian Bear," by Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, January 19, 2006
"The Pressure Cooker Heats Up," South China Morning Post, January 11, 2006
"Wishing Drug-Warrior Thinking," National Review (Online), December 1, 2005
"America on Its Own in Iraq War," Knight-Ridder, November 23, 2005
"Fanning the Flames in the Balkans," The Baltimore Sun, November 6, 2005
"China Should Come Clean on Defense Spending," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, South China Morning Post, October 25, 2005
"Bush Misreads History," Cato.org, September 29, 2005
"U.S. Should Be Suspicious of N. Korea's Nuclear Concessions," Chicago Sun-Times, September 24, 2005
"North Korea Calls for Engagement, Not Isolation," Fox News (Online), September 16, 2005
"First, Defuse the Bomb in North Korea," The Baltimore Sun, August 25, 2005
"The Pentagon's Surprisingly Sober Look at China," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, National Interest, August 16, 2005
"A Useless, Intrusive P.R. Display," by Charles V. Peña and Ted Galen Carpenter, Reason (Online), July 26, 2005
"Rethinking Non-Proliferation," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Charles V. Peña, National Interest, June 1, 2005
"Eastern Fronts," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, American Prospect.com, May 16, 2005
"Conflicting Conceptions of the Taiwan Status Quo," Cato.org, April 21, 2005
"Forcing North Korea's Hand," Fox News (Online), March 30, 2005
"Drug Violence in Mexico," Cato.org, March 18, 2005
"The Trouble with Taiwan," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Justin Logan, Taiwan Economic News, March 11, 2005
"Drug Prohibition Is a Terrorist's Best Friend," National Post, January 4, 2005
"Not All Forms of Nuclear Proliferation Are Equally Bad," Cato.org, November 21, 2004
"For Afghanistan's freedom, back off on war on drugs," Star Tribune, November 8, 2004
"Powell's Dangerous Kowtow to China," Korea Herald, November 1, 2004
"Keeping Our Priorities Straight in Afghanistan," Cato.org, October 28, 2004
"East Asian Countries Send Taiwan -- and the U.S. -- a Message," Cato.org, September 13, 2004
"Yet Another Drug War Failure," Cato.org, August 13, 2004
"China's Taiwan Policy and America's Difficult Choices," Cato.org, August 10, 2004
"Keeping Our Eye on the Ball Regarding North Korea," Cato.org, August 6, 2004
"China's Patience Regarding Taiwan Is Growing Thin," Cato.org, July 22, 2004
"NATO: A Troubled Transatlantic Marriage," Cato.org, June 28, 2004
"Beijing Smothers Hong Kong -- and Drives Taiwan Farther Away," Apple Daily, June 2, 2004
"U.S. Planning Long Stay in Iraq," Chicago Sun-Times, May 28, 2004
"More Iraq Hawk Myths Bite the Dust," Cato.org, May 18, 2004
"Iraq 2004, Vietnam 1964," Cato.org, April 27, 2004
"Hawks Didn't See What Was Coming in Iraq," Chicago Sun-Times, April 20, 2004
"President Bush's Taiwan Policy: Immoral and Dangerous," Cato.org, March 31, 2004
"American Conservatives Misread the Spanish Election," Cato.org, March 24, 2004
"One Year Later: Warning Signs in Iraq," In The National Interest, March 24, 2004
"Unmitigated Gall: North Korea's "Bold Concession"," Cato.org, January 19, 2004
"Drug Warriors Try to Censor their Opponents," Cato.org, January 9, 2004
"Washington's Peter Pan Strategy for Iraq," Cato.org, November 6, 2003
"Bush's North Korea Gambit," Fox News (Online), October 24, 2003
"Washington's Continuing Illusions About North Korea's Nukes," Cato.org, October 7, 2003
"A Nuclear North Korea? Live with it," South China Morning Post, October 1, 2003
"Acid Test for North Korea," Washington Times, September 22, 2003
"Missing the Point: Iraq and the U.N. Panacea," Cato.org, September 17, 2003
"Overestimating China's Willingness to Pressure North Korea," National Interest, August 6, 2003
"The International Drug War's Illusory Victories," Cato.org, July 20, 2003
"Uncooperative Pakistan Rates Less U.S. Aid," Newsday, July 10, 2003
"Liberia Folly," Cato.org, July 8, 2003
"Are We Headed for War with North Korea?," Asia Times, June 12, 2003
"Why Didn't Iraq Use Chemical and Biological Weapons Against U.S. Troops?," Cato.org, June 2, 2003
"Roadmap to Nowhere," USA Today, June 2, 2003
"Avoiding Bogus Lessons from the Iraq War," Cato.org, April 24, 2003
"The U.N. Will Complicate an Iraq Exit Strategy," Cato.org, April 18, 2003
"Time to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable," Financial Times, March 10, 2003
"Will China Solve the North Korean Crisis?," Cato.org, February 26, 2003
"Faulty Justifications for War with Iraq," Cato.org, February 2, 2003
"Pro-War Camp Can't Make the Case That an Attack Is in National Interest," Cato.org, February 2, 2003
"Parting Company With Ungrateful Allies," Cato.org, January 19, 2003
"Logical Conclusions: North Korea, Iran, and unintended consequences," National Review (Online), January 14, 2003
"Forcing Foes Into a Nuclear Corner," Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2003
"Forcing Foes Into a Nuclear Corner," Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2003
"Dealing with the North Korean Nightmare," Cato.org, January 4, 2003
"Bush Makes a Perilous NATO Pledge," Cato.org, November 30, 2002
"Needless Exposure to Risk," Washington Times, November 19, 2002
"Fixing Foreign Policy: How the U.S. should wage the war on terror," Reason, October 1, 2002
"Can the U.S. no Longer Deter Aggression?," Cato.org, September 24, 2002
"Missing the Point: Bush's Speech to the U.N.," Cato.org, September 15, 2002
"America Helps China Crack Down on Domestic 'Enemies'," Cato.org, September 6, 2002
"How Washington Funded the Taliban," Cato.org, August 2, 2002
"Avoid Dangerous Distractions in Afghanistan," Cato.org, July 10, 2002
"Protecting Liberty in a Permanent War," Washington Times, June 25, 2002
"U.S. Can't Do the Impossible," USA Today, April 18, 2002
"Take the War on Terrorism to Pakistan," Cato.org, March 28, 2002
"U.S. Goes Too Far With Visit of Taiwan Official," Cato.org, March 25, 2002
"Is Mexico the Next Colombia?," Cato.org, March 20, 2002
"A Curiously Quiet China," Cato.org, February 21, 2002
"Overthrow Saddam? Be Careful What You Wish For," Cato.org, January 14, 2002
"Japan Takes a Modest Step Toward Global Security," Cato.org, January 8, 2002
"Clearing the Decks for War," Cato.org, December 31, 2001
"Terrorist Sponsors: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China," Cato.org, November 16, 2001
"Quit Turning the Other Cheek with Saudi Arabia," by Jerry Taylor and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, November 16, 2001
"Flirting With Nation-Building in Afghanistan," Cato.org, November 2, 2001
"The Right Response," Cato.org, October 9, 2001
"Exploiting the New War on Terrorism," Cato.org, September 27, 2001
"A War, Not a Crusade," Cato.org, September 25, 2001
"Statement of Cato Vice President Ted Galen Carpenter on Terrorist Attacks," Cato.org, September 11, 2001
"U.S. Payment To China Unjustified," Cato.org, August 16, 2001
"Bush Tries to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China," Cato.org, August 3, 2001
"Plan Colombia: Washington's Latest Drug War Failure," Cato.org, July 27, 2001
"Stop Viewing India as a Threat," Cato.org, July 17, 2001
"India in the Balance," Cato.org, June 16, 2001
"Is Japan Tilting Toward China?," Cato.org, June 12, 2001
"Waist Deep and Sinking in the Balkans," Cato.org, May 25, 2001
"With Friends Like These ...," Cato.org, April 18, 2001
"A Source of Needless Tensions in U.S.-China Relations," Cato.org, April 6, 2001
"China Should Come Clean on Military Spending," Cato.org, March 31, 2001
"Prospects for the Taiwan Security Enhancement," Cato.org, March 15, 2001
"The Coming Explosion in Kosovo," Cato.org, March 2, 2001
"Putting the United Nations on Notice," Cato.org, February 10, 2001
"The Balkans: International Mission Is Now a Mockery of Democratic Principles," Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2000
"No Civil Liberties At The International Criminal Court," Cato.org, December 27, 2000
"Increase Arms Sales To Taiwan," Cato.org, December 22, 2000
"A New President, A New China Policy," Cato.org, November 1, 2000
"Appeasing China, Humiliating Ourselves," National Review (Online), August 14, 2000
"Japan Takes Its First Step Toward a Strategic Role," Taipei Times, June 24, 2000
"Free Trade Promotes Chinese Liberalism," by Ted Galen Carpenter and James A. Dorn, Korea Herald, May 23, 2000
"China: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat?," by Ted Galen Carpenter and James A. Dorn, Cato.org, May 10, 2000
"Going to War for Taiwan?," by Doug Bandow and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, March 2, 2000
"Risking War for Taiwan?," by Doug Bandow and Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato.org, January 6, 2000
"Washington's Turkish Blinders," Cato.org, November 16, 1999
"Washington's Incoherent Policy On Taiwan," Cato.org, August 4, 1999
"Give Kosovars a Permanent Refuge," Cato.org, April 9, 1999
"Bill Clinton, Aggressor," Cato.org, March 23, 1999
"Imposing Perverted Democracy in Bosnia," Cato.org, March 12, 1999
"Clinton's Dishonest Allegations of "Isolationism"," Cato.org, March 4, 1999
"Betrayal of Principle: Liberals and the War Crimes Tribunals," Cato.org, August 24, 1998
"Washington's Nonproliferation Hysteria," Cato.org, June 18, 1998
"Missile Defenses and East Asian Security," Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1998
"NATO Expansion: Folly on Stilts," Cato.org, March 13, 1998
"NATO Expansion as Empty Symbolism," Cato.org, December 5, 1997
"Pruning the United Nations," Cato.org, November 18, 1997
"Bringing Politically Correct "Democracy" Back to Bosnia," Cato.org, October 28, 1997
"Pacific Fraud: The New U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines," Cato.org, October 16, 1997
"Beware of Foreign Entanglements," USA Today, June 5, 1997
"The Unraveling of Washington's Balkan Policy," Cato.org, April 9, 1997
"Don’t Make Trade a Pawn," USA Today, February 24, 1997
"The Folly of NATO Enlargement," Scripps Howard, February 3, 1997
"U.S. Shouldn't Expect To Galvanize States In Mideast Against Iraq," Cato.org, October 30, 1996
"Clinton's "Bait And Switch" In Bosnia," Cato.org, October 11, 1996
"Washington Bankrupt Middle East Policy," USA Today, October 1, 1996
"U.S. "Leadership" and the Shattered Gulf Coalition," Cato.org, September 12, 1996
"The Therapeutic Presidency," Cato.org, September 5, 1996
"Bush's Pledge to Defend Taiwan Goes Too Far," Bridge News, May 9, 2001
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