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“U.S. Should Turn Ukraine War Over to Its European Allies” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy
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“Poland and the Ukrainian-Russian War” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
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Bryan McClain Show
on TNT radio.
Nov. 19, 2022
“Changing Geopolitical Relationships” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
interviewed on
TNT radio's Bryan McClain show
Oct. 20, 2022
“Is Support of Iran Protesters Dangerous?” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
interviewed on the
Gary Nolan radio show
Oct. 18, 2022
“Semiconductor Pork Barrel Spending” Sr. Fellow Benjamin Powell interviewed on the
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July 27, 2022
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland, author of
War and the Rogue Presidency
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WTIC radio
in Hartford, CT
Feb. 24, 2022
“Iran and Gaza Threats” Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland on the Jim Bohannon radio show
May 6, 2019
Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appears on the Lars Larson Radio Show
Jan. 3, 2018
Ivan Eland, Anthony Gregory, and Mary Theroux on the
Steel on Steel Show
Aug. 10, 2013
Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Oct. 23, 2002
