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Power Problems • July 27, 2021 

# Foreign Policy Malpractice Since 9/11 

9/11 set the course for U.S. national security policy in the 21st century, often with counterproductive results. Cato Institute senior fellow Justin Logan explains how post‑9/​11 foreign policy went off the rails and thrust America into disastrous elective wars and wasteful spending sprees. The lack of accountability for those who carried out such failures bodes ill for the future.

**Show Notes**

1. [Justin Logan bio](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan)

2. Justin Logan, “[The Case for Withdrawing from the Middle East](https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/the-case-for-withdrawing-from-the-middle-east),” *Defense Priorities*, September 2020.

3. Justin Logan, “[Why Wait Five to 10 Years to Leave](https://www.cato.org/commentary/why-wait-five-10-years-leave)?” *Responsible Statecraft*, June 24, 2021.

4. Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall, *[Why Did the United States Invade Iraq](https://www.amazon.com/United-States-Routledge-Security-Studies/dp/0415782139)?* (London: Routledge, 2012).

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##### [Justin Logan](/people/justin-logan)

Director of Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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##### John Glaser 

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