Doug Bandow

Doug Bandow

Incoherent Empire: The Case for Getting Out of NATO

Another NATO conference, another example of geopolitical futility. At the alliance's recent ministerial meeting, the Europeans rebuffed Washington's push for speedy membership for Georgia and Ukraine. NATO is coming up on its 60th anniversary, and it is completely bereft of a raison d"۪̻tre. ...

Empire of Nothing

President Nicolas Sarkozy responded to claims that the EU was a paper tiger by taking credit for the Russia-Georgia ceasefire and Moscow's partial troop withdrawal: It "€œis the only body which can solve the situation and is able to help Georgia."€ But the limits of this approach are obvious. ...

Catastrophic Farce”€”How We Learned to Stop Worrying About National Interest…

Rather as God cares about every sparrow that falls to earth, no crisis anywhere escapes the attention of the U.S. government. So it has been with the Russo-Georgian war. Words continue to flood forth from Washington"€”Georgia stands for freedom and democracy, Russia must be punished, Abkhazia and ...


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