• Cato Scholar Comments on Peace Talks with the Taliban (Malou Innocent, foreign policy analyst. November 18, 2008)

  The Afghan government, the White House, and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) are currently reviewing a new approach to peel Pashtun tribes in southern and eastern Afghanistan away from hardcore elements…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Pleasant Grove City v Summum Supreme Court Case (Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief, Cato Supreme Court Review. November 13, 2008)

  The Summum case —- the most quixotic First Amendment case to hit the Court since Bong Hits for Jesus -— will turn on whether the Court sees it as a…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Russian Response to the Financial Crisis (Andrei Illarionov, senior fellow, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. November 11, 2008)

  Liberal Charter, a Russian political alliance led by liberal economist Andrei Illarionov, writes a scathing statement against the Russian response to the financial crisis, and describes a pathway out of…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Obama's Foreign Policy Priorities (Malou Innocent, foreign policy analyst. November 6, 2008)

  Much to his credit, President-elect Barack Obama has made clear that Afghanistan and Pakistan will be his top foreign policy focus. During the primary season, Obama said that if given…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Election Landslide (Michael D. Tanner, senior fellow. November 5, 2008)

  Yesterday's massive Democratic landslide cannot be seen as anything but a repudiation of George Bush and the current Republican congressional leadership. But to suggest that in electing Barack Obama and…

• Cato Scholar Comments on U.S. Suspending Its Trade Deal with Bolivia (Juan Carlos Hidalgo, project coordinator for Latin America. October 24, 2008)

  By suspending preferential trade access to Bolivia's exports, Washington is punishing the Bolivian people and not its government. This move threatens the jobs of 20.000 workers, possibly leading to increases…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Pakistan's War against the Taliban (Malou Innocent, foreign policy analyst. October 24, 2008)

  Despite Pakistan losing thousands of soldiers in confrontations with insurgents, U.S. policymakers insist Islamabad is not doing enough to combat terrorism. Just recently, however, Pakistan decided to arm anti-Taliban tribes…

• Cato Scholar Comments on the Downturn in China's Economy (James A. Dorn, vice president for academic affairs, editor of Cato Journal. October 23, 2008)

  The upheaval in the global financial markets and the sharp slowdown in U.S. and European growth are beginning to take their toll on the world's fastest growing economy. China's real…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Obama's and McCain's Education Policies (Adam B. Schaeffer, policy analyst, Center for Education Freedom. October 23, 2008)

  The differences between Barack Obama and John McCain on K-12 education policy center on school choice and funding. McCain is more supportive of school choice and local control than Obama,…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Secretary Rice's Mexico Visit to Discuss Its Drug War (Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies. October 23, 2008)

  Secretary of State Rice is in Mexico for meetings about how to stem the alarming tide of drug-related violence in that country. Washington's concern is understandable. Some 3,000 people have…

• Cato Scholar Comments on $150 Million Homeland Security Information Network Next Generation (Benjamin H. Friedman, research fellow in defense and homeland security studies. October 22, 2008)

  This program is being ruined by secrecy. The information that the $150 million program disseminates is "sensitive but unclassified threat and emergency-response information." Sensitive but unclassified is a phony classification…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Argentina Possibly Nationalizing Its Pension Fund (Ian Vásquez, director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. October 21, 2008)

  The Kirchner regime's proposed confiscation of private retirement funds constitutes large-scale government theft at time when irresponsible government policies have increased the probability of another Argentine default. It is the…

• Cato Scholar Comments on International Summit for Financial Crisis (Daniel J. Mitchell, senior fellow. October 20, 2008)

  The United States should not participate in a new "global financial order" with statist European nations such as France and Germany. Such a scheme inevitably would degenerate into a regulatory…

• News Release: South Africa MP Tony Leon Will Spend Three Months at the Cato Institute (October 14, 2008)

  Tony Leon, a member of parliament in South Africa for nearly 20 years and the longest serving leader of the opposition since the advent of multi-racial democracy in April 1994,…

• Cato Scholar Comments on the Bush Administration's Bank Rescue Plan (Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., senior fellow. October 14, 2008)

  The Bush Administration's plan to forcibly inject capital into the nation's major banks represents the unwinding of its fatally flawed policy of sustaining prosperity by leverage and debt. Economic…

• Cato Scholar Comments on the Collapse of Power-sharing in Zimbabwe (Tony Leon, visiting fellow. October 14, 2008)

  The unilateralism and bad faith of Robert Mugabe, apparent in his seizure of all key ministries, and his violation of both the spirit and letter of the "power sharing agreement"…

• Cato Scholar Comments on a Possible Split of the ANC Party in South Africa (Tony Leon, visiting fellow. October 13, 2008)

  A split in the ANC could have profound effects, mostly positive, for breaking the log-jam of South African politics: hitherto the ANC has enjoyed 70\% electoral support, converting the country…

• Cato Scholar Comments on the American Intelligence Report Predicting a Crisis in Afghanistan (Benjamin H. Friedman, research fellow in defense and homeland security studies. October 9, 2008)

  The leaked NIE shows what has long been obvious: the current U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, which sees success as the creation of a powerful central government and a cohesive and…

• Cato Scholars Comment on the Bailout Bill Failing in the House (Jagadeesh Gokhale, senior fellow; Daniel J. Mitchell, senior fellow. September 29, 2008)

  The failure of the bailout plan essentially shows the huge lack of confidence among the public that it would achieve its objectives. It also registers doubt about the government's ability…

• News Release: Cato Institute Names Robert Levy Chairman (September 25, 2008)

  The Board of Directors of the Cato Institute has elected Robert A. Levy, a former Senior Fellow in the Institute's Center for Constitutional Studies and a board member since 2007,…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Bush's Address on the Economy and Proposed Bailout (William A. Niskanen, chairman emeritus and distinguished senior economist. September 25, 2008)

  For the second time in six years, the Bush administration has asked Congress for nearly unlimited authority without an independent professional review of the evidence that led the administration to…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Proposed Bailout of Financial Sector (James A. Dorn, vice president for academic affairs, editor of Cato Journal. September 23, 2008)

  Opening the doors of the U.S. Treasury to Wall Street may be necessary to avert financial meltdown, but it will expand the size and power of government far beyond what…

• Cato Scholar Comments on Mbeki's Resignation (Marian L. Tupy, policy analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. September 22, 2008)

  The National Executive Committee of South Africa's ruling African National Congress recalled President Thabo Mbeki from his post on Saturday. Mbeki, who has led South Africa since 1999, agreed to…

• Cato Scholar Comments on the Latest Attacks in Pakistan (Malou Innocent, foreign policy analyst. September 22, 2008)

  The explosion at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel late Saturday, which senior intelligence officials say bore the hallmarks of Pakistani Taliban or al Qaeda, is the latest incident in a growing Islamist…

• News Release: State Medical Licensing Hinders Affordable Quality Health Care (September 17, 2008)

  Medical licensing makes health care more expensive and less accessible while failing to protect patients from incompetent physicians, finds a paper by the Cato Institute. "Consumers would benefit were states…

• News Release: The U.S. has slipped markedly in economic freedom since the year 2000 (September 16, 2008)

  WASHINGTON -- Economic freedom around the world remains on the rise but it has declined notably in the U.S. since the year 2000, according to an authoritative study released today…

• News Release: International Trade Greatly Benefits the U.S. and World Economies (September 16, 2008)

  As anti-trade rhetoric escalates on the campaign trail in anticipation of elections, a new study unequivocally shows that the expansion of international trade has been a boon for Americans and…

• News Release: Markets of competing private schools outperform public school (September 10, 2008)

  WASHINGTON--Markets of competing private schools consistently outperform public schools, concludes a Cato Institute study that analyzes 25 years worth of educational research from over 18 nations. "The key education policy question…

• News Release: Current executive pay model is fair and crucial to the health of industries (September 10, 2008)

  WASHINGTON--The "pay-for-performance" model that determines executive pay is crucial for the viability of companies and the health of the U.S. economy, finds a study released by the Cato Institute. "The…

• News Release: Sarbanes-Oxley Rules Complicate Financial Reports (August 19, 2008)

  WASHINGTON -- The goal of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to make corporate accounting more transparent. In practice, a new Cato Institute study finds, the law's requirements have had the…

• News Release: Education tax credits would save states billions (July 1, 2008)

  WASHINGTON -- Education tax credits -- programs that allow individuals to deduct education expenses from their tax liabilities, or corporations to do the same for donations to scholarship funds --…

• News Release: Zimbabwe's Economy Cannot Recover Without Drastic Monetary Reform (June 25, 2008)

  WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwe's economic crisis can only be overcome if hyperinflation is stopped. The only way to do this rapidly is to replace central banking -- namely, the Reserve Bank…

• News Release: "Trade facilitation" offers intelligent reforms to increase trade (June 17, 2008)

  WASHINGTON -- As the Doha Round lies in a cryogenic state, there are plenty of measures governments can take to increase trade, investment and economic growth, affirms a trade policy…

• News Release: Cato study calls for end to long-range transportation planning (May 27, 2008)

  WASHINGTON – Federal law requires metropolitan planning organizations to produce long-range transportation plans.  According to a new study by the Cato Institute, these plans are not cost-effective, attempt to control…

Khristine Brookes, Vice President for Communications
(202) 218-4628, kbrookes@cato.org

Leigh Harrington, Director of Broadcasting
(202) 789-5204, lharrington@cato.org
Contact for TV and Radio

Chris Kennedy, Director of Media Relations
(202) 789-5212, ckennedy@cato.org
Contact for print media

Andrew Mast, Web Content Editor
(202) 789-5284, amast@cato.org  

Laura Osio, Media Manager
(202) 789-5263, losio@cato.org
Contact for print media  

Caleb Brown, Multimedia Producer
(202) 218-4603, cbrown@cato.org

Christopher Moody, Manager of New Media
(202) 789-5215, cmoody@cato.org

Lester Romero, Multimedia Coordinator
(202) 789-5228, lromero@cato.org

Upcoming Studies