Featuring Patrick Porter, Professor of International Security and Strategy, University of Birmingham, and Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute; Michael Mazarr, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson (Ret.), Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy, College of William & Mary; moderated by Christopher Preble, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute. The disastrous choice to use force to remove Saddam Hussein from power did enormous damage to the wealth, well-being, and reputations of the United States and Great Britain. To this day, the hangover of the Iraq war looms large over the politics of both nations. Yet how each of these “special friends” came to the decision to invade Iraq remains shrouded in mystery and mythology. Until now. Patrick Porter, author of Blunder: Britain’s War in Iraq: https://www.amazon.com/Blunder-Britains-Iraq-Patrick-Porter/dp/0198807961?tag=catoinstitute-20 Michael Mazarr, author of Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy: https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Faith-Negligence-Americas-Greatest/dp/1541768361/?tag=catoinstitute-20 Both authors detail the motivations and ideas that drove two great democracies to a war of choice, and explain the lessons that must be learned to avoid similar disasters — today and in the future. Learn more: https://www.cato.org/events/two-roads-war-america-britain-decided-invade-iraq Want to find the Cato Institute elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CatoInstitute/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/CatoInstitute/ - ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrWmKuqNpVQ

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=9060 With the Senate poised to consider comprehensive "cybersecurity" legislation this month, a bevy of questions need answers. Although it is difficult to secure computers, networks, and data, are government spending and regulation the answer? Are the cybersecurity threats touted in Washington real or trumped up? Should legal protections for privacy and other values give way in the name of "information sharing" with the Department of Homeland Security? Jerry Brito is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUWVZrRsP8