Bandow, Doug

Should Ukraine Be Allowed to Join NATO? No, The Alliance is Supposed to Enhance – not Sacrifice – U.S. Security

By on August 4, 2023
Should Ukraine Be Allowed to Join NATO?   No, The Alliance is Supposed to Enhance – not Sacrifice – U.S. Security

by DOUG BANDOW

The promise to go to war should be reserved for the most important interests – ones that are vital, even existential. Ukraine is not one.

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The False Promise of Universal National Service

By on November 3, 2022
The False Promise of Universal National Service

by DOUG BANDOW

It is magical thinking that the state can round up 18-year-olds, march them, like Mao’s Red Guards, across America, and turn them into moral, caring, selfless adults committed to national unity and other liberal verities.  

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The American Military: It is not too small. Rather, its responsibilities are too many.

By on June 25, 2017
The American Military: It is not too small.  Rather, its responsibilities are too many.

by DOUG BANDOW

Military retrenchment is not popular in the Republican Party. But America’s coming financial infirmity may allow no other course.

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