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Commentary
The President and Congress Are Fiscal Swamp Monsters
The President and Congress Are Fiscal Swamp Monsters
Ivan R. Eland | Aug. 8, 2019
Trump Rolls the Dice on Sanctions and Wins...War?
Trump Rolls the Dice on Sanctions and Wins...War?
Ivan R. Eland | July 18, 2019
A Parade of Imperial Presidencies
A Parade of Imperial Presidencies
Ivan R. Eland | June 18, 2019
Trump’s Push To Leave NATO May Help Putin, but It Will ...
Trump’s Push To Leave NATO May Help Putin, but It Will Help Americans More
Ivan R. Eland | Jan. 18, 2019
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
By Daniel Ellsberg
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
By Daniel Ellsberg
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements
By Ted Galen Carpenter
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements
By Ted Galen Carpenter
Reviewed By Christopher J. Coyne
The Price of Prestige: Conspicuous Consumption in International Relations
By Lilach Gilady
Reviewed By Jessica Trisko Darden
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Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research: A Comment on “Early RAND as ...
Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research: A Comment on “Early RAND as a Talent Incubator by Nicholas Rescher
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The Independent Review
| Jan. 1, 2018
“Independent Internationalism” and the Military Forces Needed for It
“Independent Internationalism” and the Military Forces Needed for It
By Ivan R. Eland
The Independent Review
| Sep. 1, 2016
The Evolution of Military Conscription in the United States
The Evolution of Military Conscription in the United States
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on C-SPAN Discusses the History ...
Donald Trump and U.S. Foreign Policy | Ivan Eland
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Anthony Gregory: The Myth of War Prosperity
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Eland on US Military Base Expansion to Australia
Ivan Eland on Cyber Insecurity After US Drone Downing
Anthony Gregory on War Spending
Ivan Eland on U.S. Cold War Mentality
Ivan Eland on Pentagon’s Faux Budget Cuts
Ivan Eland on the 2014 Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline
Ivan Eland on Increased Military Budget
Ivan Eland on Missile Interceptors
Charles Peña on Closing U.S. Military Bases
Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from ...
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“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
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Ivan Eland, Anthony Gregory, and Mary Theroux on the
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Senior Fellow Ivan Eland on C-SPAN Discusses the History ...
Donald Trump and U.S. Foreign Policy | Ivan Eland
Whither America: A Foreign Policy Debate Among Realists, ...
Anthony Gregory: The Myth of War Prosperity
Ivan Eland at CPAC 2013 “Too Many American Wars” ...
Eland on US Military Base Expansion to Australia
Ivan Eland on Cyber Insecurity After US Drone Downing
Anthony Gregory on War Spending
Ivan Eland on U.S. Cold War Mentality
Ivan Eland on Pentagon’s Faux Budget Cuts
Ivan Eland on the 2014 Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline
Ivan Eland on Increased Military Budget
Ivan Eland on Missile Interceptors
Charles Peña on Closing U.S. Military Bases
Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from ...
