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.


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

Security

France Steps Up

| 05.23.13

Paris finally is acting like it can't always rely on Washington for protection.

Security

Park Geun-hye Comes Calling

| 05.08.13

The United States and South Korea are too close for either's good.

Global Governance

Georgia's Dangerous Slide Toward NATO

| 04.26.13

Tbilisi's membership in the Atlantic pact would increase the risk of war without increasing members' security.

Economics

Shut Down Kaesong, South Korea

| 04.17.13

The industrial area shared with the North is a source of hard currency for a nation that threatens it.

Politics

Obama Didn't Lose Iraq

| 03.29.13

The president's odds of a deal were slim. The real failures were always from Bush.

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Blog Posts

Security

The Golden Rule of Foreign Policy

| 08.15.12

The first principle should always be "do no harm."

Global Governance

NATO and Turkey: Moribund Alliances, Military Snares and Unnecessary Wars

| 06.28.12

NATO has turned into an association that drags members into everyone else’s wars, actually reducing collective security.

Society

Eurovision Spotlight Falls on Azerbaijan

| 06.25.12

Western-style entertainment and illiberal regimes coexist uneasily.

Society

Pushing Ukraine Back to the Soviet Union?

| 06.12.12

Harsh criticism and pushy moves by the European Union could send Kiev running back into Moscow's arms.

Economics

Time to Suspend Sanctions on Zimbabwe

| 05.29.12

The country has come a long way over the past few years. Washington should shift its policy from isolation to engagement.

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