4 Reasons Why We Should Withdraw From Our Overseas Bases
The United States maintains a veritable empire of military bases throughout the world—about 800 of them in more than 70 countries. This forward-deployed military posture incurs substantial costs and disadvantages, exposing the United States to vulnerabilities and unintended consequences. The strategic justifications for overseas bases—that they deter adversaries, reassure allies, and enable rapid deployment operations—have lost much of their value and relevance in the contemporary security environment.
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Most would agree that war isn't a very good humanitarian tool. At this year's Cato University, Doug Bandow discussed American foreign policy and what our leadership should take into account when they think about engaging in conflicts.
Video produced by Blair Gwaltney.
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April 29, 2020
The Role of Science During Pandemics
Featuring Dr. Terence Kealey and Caleb O. Brown
Why have some Asian nations performed so well relative to the United States in containing the coronavirus without nearly the devastating economic fallout? Terence Kealey argues that it comes down to prevailing attitudes about the role of science.
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Nat Hentoff is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. http://www.cato.org/people/nat-hentoff
In this clip, Hentoff discusses being monitored by the FBI and what he found when he received his own FBI file. Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.
Nat Hentoff is one of the foremost authorities on the First Amendment. While his books and articles regularly defend the rights of Americans to think and speak freely, he also explores our freedoms under the rest of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment by showing how Supreme Court and local legislative decisions affect the lives of ordinary Americans. Hentoff's column, Sweet Land of Liberty, has been distributed by the United Feature Syndicate since 1992.
Hentoff has earned numerous awards and is a widely acknowledged defender of civil liberties. In 1980, he was awarded an American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for his coverage of the law and criminal justice in his columns. In 1983, the American Library Association awarded him the Imroth Award for Intellectual Freedom. In 1995, he received the National Press Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism, and in 1999, he was a Pulitzer finalist for commentary.
Hentoff was a columnist and staff writer with The Village Voice for 51 years, from 1957 until 2008. A jazz expert, Hentoff writes on music for The Wall Street Journal and Jazz Times.
Hentoff has lectured at many colleges, universities, law schools, elementary, middle and high schools, and has taught courses in journalism and the Constitution at Princeton University and New York University. Mr. Hentoff serves on the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (F.I.R.E.) and is on the steering committee of the Reporters' Committee for the Freedom of the Press. A native of Boston, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in education and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1950. He did graduate work at Harvard University, received his B.A. with highest honors from Northeastern University and was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from Northeastern in 1985.
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Artist: CHRISTOPHER CORSON
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Freedom means something different to every person, yet its value is a common bond between Americans. In these polarized times, Freedom: Art as the Messenger aims to provide a unifying platform of civility and creativity. Artists from across the country–in a wide range of media–share innovative and thought-provoking perspectives on freedom and the enduring need for its protection.
The Cato Institute presents its inaugural art exhibition, Freedom: Art as the Messenger. The exhibition is free and open to the public from April 11 to June 14, 2019.
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And the #government tries to prosecute #whistleblowers, like Edward #Snowden, who expose privacy violations against #Americans in the name of #nationalsecurity.
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The United States is largely unique among historical great powers in its approach to the world. For the most part, American policymakers chose to avoid a traditional colonial empire. Instead, they built a globe‐spanning system of alliances described by many as a “liberal international order.”
That order focused on institutions and alliances rather than imperial control, making it freer and more participatory than many in history. But it was not without its dark side; underlying the liberal order was a frequently illiberal set of policy choices: conflict, regime change, and bargains with dictators.
Why did America choose to create this system rather than a more traditional empire? What drove policymakers? And how did America’s domestic politics—notably attempts to protect the republic, democracy, and civil liberties—shape its foreign policy choices in the 20th century?
Two new books offer some answers. Richard Maass’s "The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited America’s Territorial Expansion" explores the choices of American policymakers in the 19th century and the role that xenophobia played in territorial expansion. Patrick Porter’s "The False Promise of Liberal Order: Nostalgia, Delusion, and the Rise of Trump" explores the myth of the liberal international order and the decisions of policymakers as they built America’s hegemonic system in the 20th century.
The authors discuss these two fascinating books and debate what the American system’s past can tell us about its future.
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In this engaging session titled "Globalization and Development," Johan Norberg (Cato Institute), Douglas Irwin (Dartmouth College), and Felipe de la Balze (National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Argentina) share their insights. The discussion is moderated by Constanza Mazzina from UCEMA, Argentina.
This talk is part of the Cato Institute conference, “The Rebirth of Liberty in Argentina and Beyond,” held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 11–12, 2024, and cosponsored with Libertad y Progreso. The conference brings together prominent classical liberals from around the world to propose ways to limit power, restore the rule of law, and safeguard individual liberty. At a time when many countries are moving away from liberal democracy or strengthening authoritarianism, speakers will discuss the record and relevance of classical liberalism and the importance of Argentina’s reform efforts to Argentina and the world.
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