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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Iran and Our Rotten Foreign Policy Debates

Dennis Ross just can’t get enough saber-rattling against Iran:Instead, Blinken or President Joe Biden should announce that although the U.S. favors diplomacy for resolving the threat of the Iranian nuclear program, the Iranians continue to demonstrate that they don’t;...

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Junior ROTC Shouldn’t Exist

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission.I entered the Air Force through ROTC and served for 20 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. I also taught for 15 years at both military and civilian colleges. As a retired military officer and as an...

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