Recent Writings
Here are a few of my most recent writings around the web: August 28, 2017, “Terrorism and the New DominoContinue Reading
Latest Posts
Fatal Fallacies in the War on Terror
As I argue in my recently published policy analysis here at Cato, the American-led war on terror has clearly failed. Unfortunately, ratherContinue Reading
America’s Identity Crisis
In August 2010 President Barack Obama brought Gen. James Mattis, then head of U.S. Central Command, to the White House.Continue Reading
The Failure of American Leadership
Advocates for robust American global leadership are having a bad decade. Donald Trump’s election was clearly a wake-up call toContinue Reading
Lessons from the Failed War on Terror
Cato has just published my most recent study, “Step Back: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy from the Failed War onContinue Reading
Trump’s No Good Very Bad Arms Deal
Tomorrow Congress will vote on resolutions of disapproval in response to Trump’s recent arms deal with Saudi Arabia. If passed,Continue Reading
Was the Rise of ISIS Inevitable?
In the latest issue of Survival, Hal Brands and Peter Feaver address an important debate in American foreign policy circles.Continue Reading
Time for a (different) kind of change in Afghanistan
With the dust still settling from Wednesday’s horrific car bombing in Kabul, the plan for America’s new strategy in Afghanistan now sits on Trump’sContinue Reading
The Saudi Deal Shows Just How Broken the Arms Export Process Has Become
A system meant to keep weapons sales from undermining U.S. national security has become a sham. The Trump administration madeContinue Reading
Is Trump’s Saudi Arms Deal the Worst Arms Deal Ever?
Over the weekend, President Trump inked an arms deal with Saudi Arabia worth $110 billion — the largest single armsContinue Reading
