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September 4, 2015
National Interest (Online)

Newsflash: The U.S.-South Korea Military Alliance Isn’t Working
… reunification. U.S. foreign policy should reflect global realities. When they change, so should Washington’s approach to the world. The radical transformation of Northeast Asia over the last six decades requires a similarly radical transformation of U.S. policy.
By Doug Bandow
September 4, 2015
Forbes

Why China and Japan Are at Odds — and How the U.S. Could be Stuck in the Middle
… competing through free trade agreements with neighboring states and ASEAN. Politics continues to undermine the relationship. Chinese angered by Japanese policy toward the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands launched a boycott of Japanese products in 2012. The following year the two countries …
By Doug Bandow
September 4, 2015
TIME

The U.S. Obsession with Victory Is Dangerous
… to propose ever more aggressive strategies in order to score political points with the public rather than to identify sound policy. Once Obama embarked on his policy of “degrade” and “destroy” and the inevitable slowdowns and setbacks followed, critics amped …
By A. Trevor Thrall
September 3, 2015
Blog

Higher Tax Rates and Lower Revenues 1925-36
Federal spending under President Hoover doubled from 3.4% of GDP in 1930 to 6.8% in 1932, and he believed that unprecedented spending spree required that tax rates be even more than doubled to “restore confidence.” Unfortunately, things did not quite work out as planned
By Alan Reynolds
September 2, 2015
Blog

Presidential Candidates Need to Stop Bashing China
… policy toward China. Instead, that topic receives inadequate attention–especially compared to the obsession with every minutia of Middle East policy. As I point out in a recent article in China‑U.S. Focus, when China policy is not ignored …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
September 2, 2015
The Wall Street Journal

Hillary Parties Like It’s 1938
… tax, and it isn’t new. Mrs. Clinton is borrowing a page from Franklin D. Roosevelt, who trotted out this policy during the severe 1937–38 economic downturn, dubbed the Roosevelt Recession. She’d be wise to consider how it …
By Alan Reynolds
September 2, 2015
National Interest (Online)

Thanks to Libya, North Korea Might Never Negotiate on Nuclear Weapons
While the Iran deal sparked hope that North Korea might be next at the negotiating table, it doesn’t seem likely that will happen anytime soon…
By Doug Bandow
September 2, 2015
National Interest (Online)

A Little More Money, a Lot More Problems: Japan’s Defense Dilemma
There’s a dangerous disconnect between Tokyo’s increasingly strident geostrategic ambitions and its military capabilities.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
September 2, 2015
Blog

North Korea Remembers Libya, So No Iranian-Style Deal
It never was likely that the DPRK would yield up its nuclear weapons. But the Obama administration’s Libyan misadventure makes that prospect even less likely.
By Doug Bandow
September 2, 2015
Blog

Does Donald Trump Think Washington Politicians Should Have More of Our Money to Prop Up the Entitlement State?
I’m willing to have a “big tent”…but I want the tax-increase crowd on the outside because they would enable bigger government.
By Daniel J. Mitchell
September 1, 2015
National Review (Online)

Congress and the Budget: Danger Ahead
These budget fights seldom end well for Republicans.
By Michael D. Tanner
August 31, 2015
Just Security

Politicization of Intelligence: Lessons from a Long, Dishonorable History
This current episode of alleged politicized intelligence estimates sounds eerily familiar to students of the history of the US Intelligence Community in wartime.
By Patrick G. Eddington
August 31, 2015
China-US Focus

China: The Mishandled Issue in the U.S. Presidential Election Campaign
Campaign posturing, even if not meant seriously, creates needless suspicions and resentment in U.S.-China relations.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
August 30, 2015
Times of India

China’s Market Crash Presages Coming Political Crisis
Interesting times lie ahead.
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
August 30, 2015
National Interest (Online)

Why Enlisting Turkey to Fight the Islamic State Was a Bad Idea
In the future, the White House should not try to pressure allies into combating threats to international security on Washington’s behalf.
By Brad Stapleton

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Newsflash: The U.S.-South Korea Military Alliance Isn’t Working

Why China and Japan Are at Odds — and How the U.S. Could be Stuck in the Middle

The U.S. Obsession with Victory Is Dangerous

Higher Tax Rates and Lower Revenues 1925-36

Presidential Candidates Need to Stop Bashing China

Hillary Parties Like It’s 1938

Thanks to Libya, North Korea Might Never Negotiate on Nuclear Weapons

A Little More Money, a Lot More Problems: Japan’s Defense Dilemma

North Korea Remembers Libya, So No Iranian-Style Deal

Does Donald Trump Think Washington Politicians Should Have More of Our Money to Prop Up the Entitlement State?

Congress and the Budget: Danger Ahead

Politicization of Intelligence: Lessons from a Long, Dishonorable History

China: The Mishandled Issue in the U.S. Presidential Election Campaign

China’s Market Crash Presages Coming Political Crisis

Why Enlisting Turkey to Fight the Islamic State Was a Bad Idea