Doug Bandow

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and the author of several books, including Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire (Xulon Press).


Essays

Unfreezing Korea

| 09.01.91

Throughout the dramatic year of 1989 the highly militaristic and secretive Hermit Kingdom of North Korea remained apparently unaffected and apart.

Commentary

Society

Burma Comes in from the Cold

| 02.06.12

Burma is finally taking tentative steps toward reform. Washington should reward it accordingly.

Economics

Ten Illusions Shattered in 2011

| 01.04.12

2011 was a tough taskmaster for the pretensions that permeate international affairs. At least ten were knocked asunder.

Politics

North Korea: The King Is Dead, Long Live the King

| 12.23.11

Kim Jong-il imposed unimaginable hardship on the North Korean people. What follows him could be even worse.

Politics

The Hubris of Attacking Syria

| 11.18.11

There is no good reason to attack Damascus. And Washington has no right to gamble with Syrian lives.

Politics

Libya: Costs Outweigh Benefits

| 10.21.11

Americans paid too high a price for Qaddafi's death.

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Blog Posts

Global Governance

North Korea Reprises Its Role as International Beggar

| 01.18.12

Washington should restrict its rewards to the North for acting, not promising.

Security

Administration Bait and Switch in Afghanistan?

| 12.15.11

U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan in 2014. Or will they?

Society

Hillary Clinton Heads to Burma

| 11.29.11

Fanning the flickers of progress in a traditional bastion of brutality and corruption.

Security

Leave Iraq to the Iraqis

| 07.28.11

All hail the American Empire.

Security

No More South Korean Appeasement

| 06.29.11

As long as the Kim regime emphasizes military bluster, the South should emphasize military strength. Aid is best left to humanitarian groups.

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February 12, 2012