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  1. Bordering on Chaos

    Appeared in The American To optimists, the arrest in Mexico this week of the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Mexico’s bloody drug war generally, are proof that the Mexican government is standing up to the cartels. But ...

  2. To Bolster Failed States, Support Freedom

    Appeared in World Politics Review “In ancient times, the opulent and civilized found it difficult to defend themselves against the poor and barbarous nations,” Adam Smith observed in 1776. “In modern times, the poor and barbarous find it difficult to ...

  3. A Freedom Problem

    Appeared in the American Legion Magazine, November 1, 2009 In decades past, Washington looked across the oceans and worried about the threats posed by powerful states: the British Empire, the Kaiser’s Germany, Imperial Japan, Hitler’s Reich, the Soviet ...