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Doug Bandow

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, served as a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, and has authored a number of books on economics and politics. He writes regularly on military non-interventionism.

My Articles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference. (Photo credit: Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images)
Europe, Not America, Should Keep Ukraine Afloat
May 3, 2022 | 4:22pm EDT
Russia President Vladimir Putin chairs a video meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) organizing committee at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence. (Photo credit: ALEXEI DRUZHININ-Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia’s Aggressive War Illustrates Importance of US Foreign Policy: Ukrainians Are Latest Victims
April 4, 2022 | 5:16pm EDT
Joe Biden meets with Vladimir Putin. (Photo credit: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Best Response to Russia Involves Washington Learning From Past Mistakes
March 7, 2022 | 3:32pm EST
Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event. (Photo credit: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia’s Attack on Ukraine Is Criminal and Wrong: The War Still Isn’t America’s Fight
March 2, 2022 | 5:06pm EST
The American flag swirls in the wind. (Photo credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Making US Foreign Policy More About Americans and Less About Discretionary Wars
February 28, 2022 | 2:34pm EST
Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., listens to Gina Raimondo, nominee for Secretary of Commerce, testify remotely during her Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building. (Photo credit: TOM WILLIAMS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Why Are Republican Lawmakers So Pro-War?
January 27, 2022 | 1:22pm EST
The EU flags are seen in front of the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters on May 19, 2020, in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Europeans Refuse to Defend Selves, Demand US Go to Nuclear War for Them
November 11, 2021 | 12:44pm EST
Pictured is the U.S. Capitol Building at night. (Photo credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
Washington’s Arrogance Survives Afghanistan Disaster
August 27, 2021 | 3:03pm EDT
Former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz attends a speech by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
US Loses One Afghan War...Proposals for New Afghan Wars Multiply
August 25, 2021 | 3:45pm EDT
Hong Kong Has Entered China’s Danger Zone
August 15, 2019 | 4:13pm EDT