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"Somalia, Redux: A More Hands-Off Approach," by David Axe, Policy Analysis no. 649, October 12, 2009

"Escaping the "Graveyard of Empires": A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan," by Malou Innocent and Ted Galen Carpenter, White Paper no. 28, September 14, 2009

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," by Malou Innocent, Policy Analysis no. 636, April 13, 2009

"NATO at 60: A Hollow Alliance," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 635, March 30, 2009

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

"Parting with Illusions: Developing a Realistic Approach to Relations with Russia," by Nikolas Gvosdev, Policy Analysis no. 611, February 29, 2008

"Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq," by Benjamin H. Friedman, Harvey Sapolsky and Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 610, February 13, 2008

"Cracks in the Foundation: NATO's New Troubles," by Stanley Kober, Policy Analysis no. 608, January 15, 2008

"The American Way of War: Cultural Barriers to Successful Counterinsurgency," by Jeffrey Record, Policy Analysis no. 577, September 1, 2006

"Reappraising Nuclear Security Strategy," by Rensselaer Lee, Policy Analysis no. 571, June 14, 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

"Nuclear Deterrence, Preventive War, and Counterproliferation," by Jeffrey Record, Policy Analysis no. 519, July 8, 2004

"Mini-Nukes and Preemptive Policy: A Dangerous Combination," by Charles V. Peņa, Policy Analysis no. 499, November 19, 2003

"Bush's National Security Strategy Is a Misnomer," by Charles V. Peņa, Policy Analysis no. 496, October 30, 2003

"All the Players at the Table: A Multilateral Solution to the North Korean Nuclear Crisis," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 478, June 26, 2003

"Missile Defense: Defending America or Building Empire?," by Charles V. Peņa, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 77, May 28, 2003

"The Empire Strikes Out: The "New Imperialism" and Its Fatal Flaws," by Ivan Eland, Policy Analysis no. 459, November 26, 2002

"Unsavory Bedfellows: Washington's International Partners in the War on Drugs," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 71, August 1, 2002

"Empty Promises: Why the Bush Administration's Half-Hearted Attempts at Defense Reform Have Failed," by David Isenberg and Ivan Eland, Policy Analysis no. 442, June 11, 2002

"Old Folly in a New Disguise: Nation Building to Combat Terrorism," by Gary Dempsey, Policy Analysis no. 429, March 21, 2002

"Should the United States "Weaponize" Space? Military and Commercial Implications," by Charles V. Peņa and Edward L. Hudgins, Policy Analysis no. 427, March 18, 2002

"Reforming a Defense Industry Rife with Socialism, Industrial Policy, and Excessive Regulation," by Ivan Eland, Policy Analysis no. 421, December 20, 2001

"Robust Response to 9/11 Is Needed but Poking the Hornets' Nest Is Ill-Advised," by Ivan Eland, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 69, December 18, 2001

"The Anti-Terrorism Coalition: Don't Pay an Excessive Price," by Charles V. Peņa, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 68, December 11, 2001

"Economic Security: A National Security Folly?," by Donald Losman, Policy Analysis no. 409, August 1, 2001

"The Rogue State Doctrine and National Missile Defense," by Ivan Eland and Daniel Lee, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 65, March 29, 2001

"Arrogance of Power Reborn: The Imperial Presidency and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Years," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 389, December 13, 2000

"A Foreign Policy Report Card on the Clinton-Gore Administration," by Jonathan Clarke, Policy Analysis no. 382, October 3, 2000

"Constitutional Problems with Enforcing the Biological Weapons Convention," by Ronald D. Rotunda, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 61, September 28, 2000

"From the Sea: National Missile Defense Is Neither Cheap Nor Easy," by Charles V. Peņa, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 60, September 6, 2000

""Isolationism" as the Denial of Intervention: What Foreign Policy Is and Isn't," by Earl C. Ravenal, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 57, April 27, 2000

"Green Wars: Making Environmental Degradation a National Security Issue Puts Peace and Security at Risk," by Paul Benjamin, Policy Analysis no. 369, April 20, 2000

"The United States Should Begin Work on a New Bomber Now," by Williamson Murray, Policy Analysis no. 368, March 16, 2000

"Corporate Welfare for Weapons Makers: The Hidden Costs of Spending on Defense and Foreign Aid," by William D. Hartung, Policy Analysis no. 350, August 12, 1999

"Special Operations Military Training Abroad and Its Dangers," by John Rudy and Ivan Eland, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 53, June 22, 1999

"National Missile Defense: Examining the Options," by Charles V. Peņa and Barbara Conry, Policy Analysis no. 337, March 16, 1999

"Hard Choices: Fighter Procurement in the Next Century," by Williamson Murray, Policy Analysis no. 334, February 26, 1999

"Ballistic Missile Proliferation: Does the Clinton Administration Understand the Threat?," by Timothy M. Beard and Ivan Eland, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 51, February 11, 1999

"Tilting at Windmills: Post-Cold War Military Threats to U.S. Security," by Ivan Eland, Policy Analysis no. 332, February 8, 1999

"Does U.S. Intervention Overseas Breed Terrorism? The Historical Record," by Ivan Eland, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 50, December 17, 1998

"The Quadrennial Defense Review: Reiterating the Tired Status Quo," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 317, September 17, 1998

"Theater Missile Defense: A Limited Capability Is Needed," by Charles V. Peņa, Policy Analysis no. 309, June 22, 1998

"Protecting the Homeland: The Best Defense Is to Give No Offense," by Ivan Eland, Policy Analysis no. 306, May 5, 1998

"Help or Hindrance: Can Foreign Aid Prevent International Crises?," by Doug Bandow, Policy Analysis no. 273, April 25, 1997

"U.S. "Global Leadership": A Euphemism for World Policeman," by Barbara Conry, Policy Analysis no. 267, February 5, 1997

"Why Spy? The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence," by Stanley Kober, Policy Analysis no. 265, December 12, 1996

"Instinct for the Capillary: The Clinton Administration's Foreign Policy "Successes"," by Jonathan Clarke, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 40, April 5, 1996

"Changing the Way We Do Business in International Relations," by Charles Schmitz, Policy Analysis no. 245, November 8, 1995

"The Fallacy of Economic Security," by Stanley Kober, Policy Analysis no. 219, January 24, 1995

"The Futility of U.S. Intervention in Regional Conflicts," by Barbara Conry, Policy Analysis no. 209, May 19, 1994

"The Pentagon's Fraudulent Bottom-Up Review," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 206, April 21, 1994

"The Somali Crisis: Time for an African Solution," by George B. N. Ayittey, Policy Analysis no. 205, March 28, 1994

"Staying out of Potential Nuclear Crossfires," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 199, November 24, 1993

"Loose Cannon: The National Endowment for Democracy," by Barbara Conry, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 27, November 8, 1993

"The Cold War Navy in the Post War World," by Christopher Preble, Policy Analysis no. 195, August 2, 1993

"Declaring an Armistice in the International Drug War," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 26, July 26, 1993

"Present at the Re-Creation: The Need for a Rebirth of American Foreign Policy," by Jonathan Clarke, Policy Analysis no. 191, March 31, 1993

"Politics and the National Defense: The 1993 Defense Bill," by Jeffrey R. Gerlach, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 22, January 20, 1993

"Setting a Dangerous Precedent in Somalia," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 20, December 18, 1992

"The CIA as Economic Spy: The Misuse of U.S. Intelligence After the Cold War," by Stanley Kober, Policy Analysis no. 185, December 8, 1992

"Pentagon Myths and Global Realities: The 1993 Military Budget," by Jeffrey R. Gerlach, Policy Analysis no. 171, May 24, 1992

"The Sins of Security Assistance Programs," by David Isenberg, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 18, February 27, 1992

"The Case for U.S. Strategic Independence," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 16, January 16, 1992

"The Illusion of Power: Aircraft Carriers and U.S. Military Strategy," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 134, June 8, 1990

"Perilous Panacea: The Military in the Drug War," by Ted Galen Carpenter and R. Channing Rouse, Policy Analysis no. 128, February 15, 1990

"Economic Sanctions: Foreign Policy Levers or Signals?," by Joseph G. Gavin III, Policy Analysis no. 124, November 7, 1989

"The Pitfalls of U.S. Covert Operations," by David Isenberg, Policy Analysis no. 118, April 7, 1989

"U.S. Military Spending in the Cold War Era: Opportunity Costs, Foreign Crises, and Domestic Constraints," by Robert Higgs, Policy Analysis no. 114, November 30, 1988

"More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces: What Hath DoD Wrought?," by William A. Niskanen, Policy Analysis no. 110, July 29, 1988

"An Alternative to Containment," by Earl C. Ravenal, Policy Analysis no. 94, November 25, 1987

"Better Now Than Never: Economic and Social Reforms in South Africa," by Peter J. Spiro, Policy Analysis no. 81, January 27, 1987

"U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels: The "Reagan Doctrine" and Its Pitfalls," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 74, June 24, 1986

"Global Interventionism and a New Imperial Presidency," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 71, May 16, 1986

"The U.S. Campaign Against International Narcotics Trafficking: A Cure Worse than the Disease," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 63, December 9, 1985

"The United States and Third World Dictatorships: A Case for Benign Detachment," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 58, August 15, 1985

"Reagan, National Security, and the First Amendment: Plugging Leaks by Shutting Off the Main," by Frederick W. Whatley, Policy Analysis no. 37, May 8, 1984

"The Military Industrial Firm -- Private Enterprise Revised," by John E. Ullmann, Policy Analysis no. 29, November 9, 1983

"Reagan's 1983 Defense Budget: An Analysis and an Alternative," by Earl C. Ravenal, Policy Analysis no. 10, April 30, 1982

"Reagan's Nuclear Defense Strategy: Myth and Reality," by Fred Kaplan, Policy Analysis no. 6, January 30, 1982



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