"How do U.S. presidents cultivate public support for their foreign policy agendas, which so often start out running counter to public opinion?" @CatoFP's @JustinTLogan, @StimsonCenter's @EmmaMAshford, and @VTPSCI's Chad Levinson discuss Levinson's new @Harvard_Press book, "The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy Is Sold to Americans." Watch now: nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1pJkOXmDX…

"If Trump wants the credit, he must also take the blame," writes @CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow in @amconmag. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/presiden…

Durable peace between great powers depends on addressing the political disputes that divide them. Washington and Beijing should build on their trade truce with cooperation on shared problems like North Korea, writes Cato's Evan Sankey. ow.ly/2uVl50ZRxEg

"Xi’s visit may yield incremental improvements, but a grand bargain is unlikely," writes @CatoFP's Evan Sankey in @amconmag. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/marking-…

"Europeans should be protected, preferably by themselves. But they should do so responsibly," writes @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen. Read here: cato.org/blog/keeping-nuclea…

"As this nation remains disconnected from its republican path, the presence of non-interventionists in our political life and history are worth remembering," writes @CatoFP's @brandan_buck in @RStatecraft. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/americas…

"As interest costs consume an ever-larger share of the federal budget, maintaining an informal global empire becomes fiscally and strategically indefensible," argues @CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow in @thedailyeconomy. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/bankrupt…

“President Donald Trump’s order to substantially reduce the military exercises with South Korea has raised the question of whether a new push for U.S.-North Korea talks could follow," says @CatoFP's Evan Sankey. Read the full statement here: cato.org/news-releases/cato-…

On US Indo-Pacific Command reverting back to its original name, US Pacific Command or “PACOM,” @CatoFP's Evan Sankey argues: "The change will help focus the minds of US and allied defense planners on the most urgent problem of our security role in Asia: how to sustain our regional military commitments without military dominance." Read here: cato.org/blog/why-it-makes-s…

@CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow examines whether abandoning the JCPOA contributed to today’s Iran crisis, if war was truly inevitable, whether Trump’s foreign policy matched his campaign promises, and the limits of presidential war powers on the "Liberty Lens" podcast with @miketermaat_. Watch the full video here: cato.org/multimedia/media-hi…

@CatoFP's @katherinet57 recently discussed Vice President JD Vance’s timeline for U.S. involvement in the war with Iran on @BBCWorld America. Watch the full interview here: cato.org/multimedia/media-hi…

"The United States’ massive nuclear arsenal cannot guarantee safety from a nuclear attack," argues @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen in @TheNatlInterest. Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/has-nort…

"If the Trump administration is serious about shifting defense responsibilities to Europe, then the posture review offers a rare opportunity," write @CatoFP's @JustinTLogan and @defpriorities' @jekavanagh in @ForeignAffairs. "A clear, written plan for substantial withdrawals would show Europeans that the Trump administration is serious about burden shifting." Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/leave-eu…

@CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow recently discussed the trade war between the U.S. and Canada on @AJEnglish’s Newshour. Watch the full interview here: cato.org/multimedia/media-hi…

"Eye-watering levels of defense funding and better production targets do not solve the problem," writes @CatoFP's @katherinet57 in @FT. "The Iran war has brought the structural and strategic limitations of the US military into focus, but reducing the munitions crisis to merely a symptom of this conflict alone misses the forest for the trees." Read the full article here: cato.org/commentary/us-munit…

"Further enabling Ukrainian deep strikes would only worsen the threat from Moscow," argues @CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow in @amconmag. Read here: cato.org/commentary/how-lowe…

"People use anniversaries to reflect on events both good and bad, and 9/11’s 25th has been and will be used to shape our consensus on what the terror attacks and the ensuing Global War on Terror were," writes @CatoFP's @JustinTLogan. Read here: cato.org/blog/9/11-25-years-…

"Europeans should be protected, preferably by themselves. But they should do so responsibly," writes @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen. Read here: cato.org/blog/keeping-nuclea…

"American foreign policy in the 21st century violates all the Founders’ prescient warnings," write @CatoFP's @brandan_buck and @Hoffman8Jon. "US interests abroad are now determined by immense, unconstitutional warmaking power vested in the president, fostered by a web of entangling alliances that make American neutrality impossible and sacrifice liberty in the name of security." Read here: cato.org/free-society/spring…

"The real problem is America’s defense strategy: US policymakers are reaching for nonsensical goals," argues @CatoFP's @GiltnerBen. Read here: cato.org/blog/squaring-defen…

@CatoFP's @Doug_Bandow recently discussed whether Europe should reimburse the U.S. for supporting Ukraine’s defense on @AJEnglish’s "Inside Story." Watch the full interview here: cato.org/multimedia/media-hi…