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January 27, 2022
Blog

Entrepreneurship Is an Economic Bright Spot
… the startup spike has been strong in nonstore retail, personal and business services, trucking, and food services. What are the policy implications of the chart? Generally, governments should stay out of the way and let entrepreneurs keep our economy growing …
By Chris Edwards
January 27, 2022
Blog

America COMPETES Act Gives Treasury Unchecked Power
There is no justification for an unelected official to hold so much unchecked power.
By Nicholas Anthony
January 27, 2022
The American Conservative

Yemen and Its Consequences
… its two predecessors as shameless toady to the Kingdom. The administration is reportedly considering returning to the Trump administration’s policy of designating Ansar Allah as a state sponsor of terrorism. It would make more sense to tag the Kingdom …
By Doug Bandow
January 27, 2022
The American Conservative

Mr. President, Stay out of Ukraine
… and thoroughly compromised American values by supporting unworthy, even odious, foreign clients in proxy wars against regimes that U.S. policymakers designated as adversaries. Backing the likes of the Nicaraguan Contras and Jonas Savimbi’s authoritarian (and left leaning) UNITA …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
January 26, 2022
The Dispatch

In 2021, Biden Didn’t Meet Free Traders’ Already-Low Expectations
… worse. In this regard, the Trump administration’s trade policies were a long and painful lesson in relearning what trade policy experts and presidents understood well by the mid‐1990s after decades of U.S. managed trade messes and costly …
By Scott Lincicome
January 26, 2022
Spectator (UK)

Don’t Go to War with Russia over Ukraine
Ukraine isn’t going to join NATO. It’s time to make that clear and not drag America into another pointless conflict.
By Doug Bandow
January 24, 2022
Blog

Missed it by That Much: Where the Fed’s Digital Currency Proposal Goes Wrong
I very much hope the Fed will abandon its proposed “intermediated” CBDC solution in favor of a “synthetic” CBDC alternative, and I hope others will join me in urging it to do so.
By George Selgin
January 24, 2022
Blog

A Diplomatic Hail Mary May Be Ukraine’s Only Hope
NATO or the United States cannot commit to never allow a country to join. But given that Ukraine has next to no hope of joining, engaging seriously with Russia on that point may hold the only hope of forestalling a brutal war that Ukraine would lose.
By Justin Logan
January 24, 2022
National Interest (Online)

Did Putin’s 2007 Munich Speech Predict the Ukraine Crisis?
Putin’s Munich speech was an important diplomatic warning to the United States and its allies that Russia’s patience with NATO’s encroachment was at an end.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
January 24, 2022
China-US Focus

Can China and the U.S. Agree on North Korea?
The Biden administration should push for dialogue over the Koreas, which could help move the peninsula toward more certain peace and stability.
By Doug Bandow
January 24, 2022
American Spectator (Online)

Today’s Top Religious Persecutors: Open Doors Unveils Latest World Watch List
Combatting religious persecution is a job not only for the U.S. government but the rest of us.
By Doug Bandow
January 22, 2022
19FortyFive

How a Russian Invasion of Ukraine Can Be Avoided
Washington should use the No-Ukraine-in-NATO card. It just might keep Europe at peace.
By Doug Bandow
January 22, 2022
Blog

Missed it by That Much: Where the Fed’s Digital Currency Proposal Goes Wrong
By George Selgin
January 22, 2022
Cato Daily Podcast

What Do the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine Want from Each Other?
The U.S. and Russia are ramping up pressure over Ukraine, but what exactly is the U.S. security interest there? Cato’s Doug Bandow and Brandon Valeriano comment.
Featuring Doug Bandow, Brandon Valeriano, and Caleb O. Brown
January 21, 2022
Blog

North Korea Hints at Return of Long-Range Missile, Nuclear Weapon Testing
A new politburo report makes for a very ominous start to a new year on the Korean peninsula.
By Eric Gomez