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  • April 6, 2017
    The National Interest (Online)
    Will Washington’s Hawks Get the Syria War They’ve Always Wanted?
    … remained in power. Only the timing of his departure was deemed a pertinent issue for negotiation—and Obama’s foreign‐​policy team made even that concession grudgingly. The apparent shift in policy has triggered outraged responses from the usual flock …
    By Ted Galen Carpenter
  • April 5, 2017
    U.S. News & World Report (Online)
    Doing Nothing Is Better Than Acting
    … 2013 sarin attack near Damascus that killed more than 1,000 people.  The Trump administration is making a smart foreign policy decision not to intervene in Syria after the recent chemical attack. But Trump may find himself facing even greater …
    By A. Trevor Thrall
  • April 3, 2017
    Morning Consult
    Time to Negotiate on Trade with China
    … United States, and being considered a “non‐​market economy” in anti‐​dumping cases. After years of growing tensions over trade policy, it is time for the United States and China to dispense with unilateral threats, high‐​level dialogues and frequent …
    By Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
  • March 27, 2017
    U.S. News & World Report (Online)
    Regulation without Results
    … replicated expected future fuel costs without any government intervention. It’s hard to disagree that fuel economy standards are bad policy. CAFE supporters respond that the Obama standards weren’t intended to address consumer failings to appreciate fuel savings, but …
    By Peter Van Doren
  • March 24, 2017
    Blog
    A Tale of Two Statements
    A Tale of Two Statements
    … Trump and the president of Taiwan, which also caused considerable angst among China watchers. The phone call and One-China policy remarks raised serious questions about the future of U.S.-China relations because there was no policy record to …
    By Eric Gomez
  • March 23, 2017
    Forbes.com
    Trump’s Big Problems: Anemic Private Investment and Weak Productivity
    … introduce and test a new concept: “regime uncertainty.” Higgs’ regime uncertainty is, in short, uncertainty about the course of economic policy — the rules of the game concerning taxes and regulations, for example. These rules of the game affect the net …
    By Steve H. Hanke
  • March 21, 2017
    Blog
    Trading with Germany
    Trading with Germany
    … S. government should conduct trade talks with individual EU member states, even though the EU itself has responsibility for trade policy and under EU law member states are not allowed to negotiate on these issues bilaterally. The Trump administration view …
    By Simon Lester
  • March 21, 2017
    The National Interest (Online)
    Is McCain beyond His Prime?
    … permanent. Whatever the international issue, he sees U.S. military action as the answer. Senator McCain symbolizes a discredited foreign policy disconnected from geopolitical reality. In his view, circumstances are irrelevant to foreign policy. Insurgency and secession in the Balkans …
    By Doug Bandow
  • March 20, 2017
    The National Interest (Online)
    What Trump’s Budget Reveals about His Military Strategy
    This budget mostly confirms what some have suspected all along—despite all of the speculation about draining the swamp and dramatically reorienting U.S. policy, Trump is a committed interventionist.
    By Christopher A. Preble
  • March 16, 2017
    The National Interest (Online)
    Trump’s Embrace Puts Taiwan in a Tough Spot
    An important feature of an intelligent, effective foreign policy is consistency and reliability. Donald Trump did Taiwan no favors with his blatant inconsistency.
    By Ted Galen Carpenter
  • March 14, 2017
    CNBC.com
    Why Three Rate Hikes in 2017 May Not Be Enough
    The Fed has painted itself into a policy corner. It cannot extricate itself without causing financial instability somewhere in the world.
    By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.
  • March 2, 2017
    Politico
    What Europe Can Learn from Italy
    The Italian case proves that economic policies, whereby the rich subsidize the poor, won’t fix Europe’s problems.
    By Alberto Mingardi
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