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Foreign Policy and National Security

Cato's foreign policy vision is guided by the idea of our national defense and security strategy being appropriate for a constitutional republic, not an empire. Cato's foreign policy scholars question the presumption that an interventionist foreign policy enhances the security of Americans in the post-Cold War world, and maintain instead that interventionism has consequences, including the formation of countervailing alliances, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and even terrorism. The use of U.S. military force should be limited to those occasions when the territorial integrity, national sovereignty, or liberty of the United States is at risk.

Issues by Topic

• Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
• Defense Budget/Policy
• General Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy
• NATO/Transatlantic Issues

Issues by Region

• Central and South Asia
• East Asia
• Europe
• Latin America & Caribbean
• North Africa, Middle East, and the Persian Gulf
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Experts

• Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow (North Korea/South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan, Southeast Asia, International Drug War)
• Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies (China and Taiwan, International Drug War, Afghanistan/Pakistan, NATO/transatlantic issues, Russia )
• Benjamin H. Friedman, Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies (Defense Budget/Policy, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Iraq )
• Malou Innocent, Foreign Policy Analyst (Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, General Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy )
• Stanley Kober, Research Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies (NATO/transatlantic issues, Russia )
• Justin Logan, Associate Director of Foreign Policy Studies (Iran, Russia, China and Taiwan, General Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy )
• Christopher A. Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies (General Strategy and U.S. Foreign Policy, Defense Budget/Policy, Iraq, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Japan )