Ted Galen Carpenter
Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies
Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of eight and the editor of 10 books on international affairs, including Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America, America's Coming War with China : A Collision Course over Taiwan, The Korean Conundrum: America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea, Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment, Beyond NATO: Staying Out of Europe's Wars, and A Search for Enemies: America's Alliances after the Cold War. Carpenter is contributing editor to the National Interest and serves on the editorial boards of Mediterranean Quarterly and the Journal of Strategic Studies, and is the author of more than 350 articles and policy studies. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, World Policy Journal, and many other publications. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs in the United States, Latin America, Europe, East Asia, and other regions. Carpenter received his Ph.D. in U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Texas.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: tcarpenter@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America, (2008)
America's Coming War with China : A Collision Course over Taiwan, (2006)
Korean Conundrum (2004), by Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow.
Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, (2003).
Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic (2002).
Cato Studies
"Taiwan's Defense Budget: How Taipei's Free Riding Risks War," by Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter, Policy Analysis no. 600, September 13, 2007.
"Escaping the Trap: Why the United States Must Leave Iraq," Policy Analysis no. 588, February 14, 2007.
"Iran's Nuclear Program: America's Policy Options," Policy Analysis no. 578, September 18, 2006.
"Mexico Is Becoming the Next Colombia," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 87, November 15, 2005.
"How the Drug War in Afghanistan Undermines America’s War on Terror," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 84, November 10, 2004.
Articles and Newsletters
"Staying Alive," National Interest, No. 94, March-April 2008.
"Wild Card: A Democratic Taiwan," China Security, Vol. 4 No. 1, Winter 2008.
"The Iraq War and Iranian Power," Survival, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Vol. 49, No. 4, winter 2007-2008.
"Iraq and Vietnam: Some Unsettling Parallels," Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 18, no. 3, Summer 2007.
"Contra Iran: A View to a Coup?," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Jessica Ashooh, National Interest, No. 88, March-April 2007.
Opinion and Commentary
"What Russia Wants," American Conservative, September 18, 2008
"The Limits of Deterrence," National Interest (Online), September 3, 2008
"Kosovo Precedent Prevails," National Interest (Online), August 26, 2008
"John McCain's Foreign Policy Judgment Is Questionable," by Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 19, 2008
"On Thin Ice," National Interest (Online), August 14, 2008
Events
"Global Terror's Central Front: Pakistan and Afghanistan," October 2, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America," June 17, 2008 [Book Forum]
"China’s Rise: Is Conflict Unavoidable?," May 30, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Taiwan's Defense Budget: How Taipei's Free Riding Risks War," October 9, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Assessing the Surge," September 20, 2007 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
"Smart Power and the March to War" featuring Ted Galen Carpenter, September 5, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:19]
"The Future of Russia Relations" featuring Ted Galen Carpenter, August 25, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:03]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the Russia/Georgia conflict on CBS Affiliate KION's Wake-Up Monterey (August 18, 2008) [MP3]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the Georgia/Russia conflict on WCCO's The Jack Rice Show (August 13, 2008) [MP3]
Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the Georgia/Russia conflict on CJOB's Richard Cloutier Reports (August 11, 2008) [MP3]