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Ted Galen Carpenter
Senior Fellow
Ted Galen Carpenter is senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Dr. Carpenter served as Cato's director of foreign policy studies from 1986 to 1995 and as vice president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 to 2011. He is the author of eight and the editor of 10 books on international affairs, including Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America, America's Coming War with China : A Collision Course over Taiwan, The Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea, Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment, Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe's Wars, and A Search for Enemies: America's Alliances after the Cold War. Carpenter is contributing editor to the National Interest and serves on the editorial boards of Mediterranean Quarterly and the Journal of Strategic Studies, and is the author of more than 400 articles and policy studies. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the 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. Carpenter received his Ph.D. in U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Texas.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5269
E-Mail: tcarpenter@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Iraq," Chapter 49 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Relations with China, India, and Russia," Chapter 53 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"East Asian Security Commitments," Chapter 54 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"The International Drug War," Chapter 58 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America, (2008)
Cato Studies
"Undermining Mexico's Dangerous Drug Cartels," Policy Analysis no. 688, November 15, 2011.
"Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, White Paper no. 28, September 14, 2009.
"NATO at 60: A Hollow Alliance," Policy Analysis no. 635, March 30, 2009.
"Troubled Neighbor: Mexico's Drug Violence Poses a Threat to the United States," Policy Analysis no. 631, February 2, 2009.
"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.
Articles and Newsletters
"Cynical Myths and US Military Crusades in the Balkans," Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 22 No. 3, Summer 2011.
"Estrangement: The United States and Turkey in a Multipolar Era," Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 21 No. 4, Fall 2010.
"Why China and Russia Balk at Sanctions against North Korea and Iran," Nuclear Proliferation Update, March 2010.
"Plan B for Dealing with North Korea," POLICY, Vol. 26 No. 2, Winter 2010.
"Middle East Vortex: An Unstable Iraq and Its Implications for the Region," Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4, Fall 2009, pp. 22-31.
Opinion and Commentary
"Time for US to Normalize Ties with Pyongyang," China Daily, May 11, 2012
"President Barzani's Visit And Washington's Hedging Strategy," Gulan Media, April 25, 2012
"The Pernicious Myth That Iran Can't Be Deterred," Aspenia, April 12, 2012
"Iraq's Choice of Destinies," Gulan Media, April 11, 2012
"Why China Balks at the US Agenda on Syria And Iran," China-US Focus, March 16, 2012
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Washington’s Dead Policies Toward Pyongyang and Tehran," April 9, 2012
"Border Security, the War on Drugs, and the 2012 GOP Presidential Race," December 6, 2011
"Conservative Hawks Are Incoherent Regarding Iraq Troop Withdrawal," November 2, 2011
"Obama-Lee Summit: Time for New Thinking on the Korean Peninsula," October 12, 2011
"U.S. Must Resist Military Role in Post-Qaddafi Libya," August 18, 2011
Events
"Ending the Global War on Drugs," November 15, 2011 [Conference]
"Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics," June 9, 2011 [Book Forum]
"The Military-Industrial Complex at 50: Assessing the Meaning and Impact of Eisenhower's Farewell Address ," January 13, 2011 [Conference]
"The Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement," July 22, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"What to Do about North Korea?," July 14, 2010 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses Mexican cartels and the drug trade on Dail Global's The Jim Bohannon Show (May 15, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 36:46]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the drug war on CCTV's America's Now (April 23, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 14:52]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses North Korea on CBC Radio's As it Happens w/ Carol Off & Jeff Douglas (April 13, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 07:10]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses border security on WCAR's The Bonds & Fisher Show (December 6, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 14:05]
Panel 1: The Fire Next Door: Drug Violence in Mexico and Central America with Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Beto O'Rourke and Bruce Bagley (November 15, 2011) [Events, 01:14:49]
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