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Does China Have a Point About U.S. Encirclement?
Does China Have a Point About U.S. Encirclement?
Ivan Eland | Aug. 31, 2023
Reject Any Grand Bargain between U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel ...
Reject Any Grand Bargain between U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestinian Authority: Everyone would win but us. Pursuing a blockbuster deal is probably irresistible to a politician like Joe Biden, however.
Ivan Eland | Aug. 10, 2023
Aid to Wealthy Israel Has Reached Its Expiration Date
Aid to Wealthy Israel Has Reached Its Expiration Date: Recent events in the country, along with its ranking in per capita income charts, provide a fresh opportunity for Washington to reassess its financial support.
Ivan Eland | Aug. 3, 2023
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Who Are the Real Authoritarians?
John C. Goodman | July 15, 2023
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Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy
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Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy
Ted Galen Carpenter
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
Is Remote Warfare Moral? Weighing Issues of Life and Death from 7,000 ...
Joseph O. Chapa
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
Is Remote Warfare Moral? Weighing Issues of Life and Death from 7,000 Miles
Joseph O. Chapa
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
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Polycentric Defense
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U.S. Should Turn Ukraine War Over to Its European Allies Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
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Mar. 2, 2023
In Search of Monsters to Destroy | Christopher Coyne and Mary L. G. Theroux
Feb. 28, 2023
Government Failures at Home and Abroad Sr. Fellow Christopher J. Coyne, author of
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
interviewed on
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Jan. 24, 2023
Poland and the Ukrainian-Russian War Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
interviewed on the
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on TNT radio.
Nov. 19, 2022
Midterm Elections and Checks on Power Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
appears on
The Andy Caldwell Show on KUHL radio
Nov. 9, 2022
Is Support of Iran Protesters Dangerous? Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
interviewed on the
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Oct. 18, 2022
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
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WTIC radio
in Hartford, CT
Feb. 24, 2022
Bidens Prospective Cabinet Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Nov. 24, 2020
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on the Lars Larson Radio Show
Jan. 3, 2018
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland Appears on SiriusXM's Patriot Tonight Show to Discuss President Trump's First Overseas Trip
May 22, 2017
Ivan Eland on the Iranian Nuclear Agreement
Apr. 6, 2015
Why Should We Care If Iran has a Nuclear Bomb?
Mar. 30, 2015
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