Ted Galen Carpenter

Ted Galen Carpenter, senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, is the author of eight books on international affairs, including Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America. He is also a contributing editor to The National Interest.


Essays

Security

Drug Mayhem Moves South

| 01.04.12

Mexico’s drug violence is spreading into Central American countries that lack the resources to cope with such dire challenges. The region is in danger of reverting back to turmoil.

Staying Alive

| 02.29.08

Is a state by any other name still a state? Nations’ risky operations to maintain de facto status.

Security

A View to a Coup?

| 03.01.07

Advocates of toppling the mullahs in Iran need a stiff dose of reality.

Security

Future War: Taiwan

| 06.01.06

A plausible scenario for a Sino-American clash in the Taiwan Strait.

Security

Rethinking Non-Proliferation

| 06.01.05

Some states are more equal than others. America's non-proliferation strategy should reflect this reality.

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Commentary

Politics

The End of the U.S-Turkey Alliance?

| 01.20.12

Rick Perry's exaggerations aside, the U.S. must take a long, hard look at its once-erstwhile allies in Ankara.

Economics

U.S. Mistakes Cause More Mexican Drug Murders

| 12.16.11

From damaging prohibitionary policies to botched law-enforcement schemes, America must take responsibility for its role in Mexico's drug violence.

Security

Mexico Sours on Drug War

| 11.16.11

Calderón is on his way out. Drug war supporters are defecting left and right. Washington needs a wake-up call.

Global Governance

The Dangers of Rejecting Balkan Partitions

| 09.30.11

Partition is no panacea, but it certainly beats the likely alternatives.

Global Governance

Germany Makes Another Balkan Mess

| 09.26.11

Merkel's ultimatum made a bad situation even worse. Washington must walk away from the Kosovo problem.

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Blog Posts

Global Governance

Washington's UN Temper Tantrum

| 02.06.12

Russia and China have proved again what the United States should already know: Washington's unipolar moment is over.

Society

Libya's Deep Tribalism

| 01.25.12

Are we seeing the early signs of a Libyan Civil War? Washington should keep its distance.

Economics

Grasping at Straws: The Mexican Government’s Latest Spin on Drug Violence

| 01.17.12

The Mexican government’s optimistic version to the contrary, the drug cartels in Mexico are flourishing. It's time for a different approach.

Politics

An Insecure America Scapegoats China

| 01.09.12
Politics

The GOP's Allegations of Appeasement Against Obama

| 12.28.11

Despite the GOP hopefuls' best efforts, the "appeaser" allegation won't stick to Obama. And the alternative is much worse.

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February 13, 2012