US Schools Need To Teach Kids About Proxy War

The Russo Ukraine war has brought up a concept sorely lacking in the American vocabulary: Proxy War.Most folks are familiar with the word proxy. Ask and they might respond “Oh yes, like when I sign over my right to vote stock shares to another who votes as my...

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How US Military Spending Works

Here’s how this works each year.1) Biden proposes a massive increase in military spending – above and beyond both what he proposed the year before and what the Congress increased that to. If you look at U.S. military spending according to SIPRI in constant 2021...

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It’s Time To Stop Enabling Allied Dependence

In a new paper for the Cato Institute, Justin Logan gets to the heart of why US allies don’t take on a larger share of the burden for their own security: The only way to produce more equitable burdensharing is to make allies doubt the strength of the US commitment:...

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