Ted Galen Carpenter was a senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Carpenter served as Cato’s director of foreign policy studies from 1986 to 1995 and as vice president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 to 2011.
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter argues the Trump administration is inflating Venezuela into a major U.S. security threat to justify...
In April and again last month, Kim Yo-Jong, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s sister and influential policy adviser, demanded that President Trump explicitly acknowledge...
PUBLISHED on August 14, 2025, 3:02 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary – Russia’s decision to abandon its moratorium on deploying intermediate-range missiles...
Violence is accelerating under Syria’s new Islamist government, as is the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities. This tragedy was entirely predictable. As far...