Foreign Affairs


Enough….More than Enough

With the rest of the world I have watched in horror at what is happening in Lebanon. Hezbollah, supported by the extremists in Tehran, has goaded Israel into striking, not…

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I’m Over the Moon About the Success My Colleagues Have Attained with the Arabic Press

Al Ahram I just got an email from one of my colleagues in Jordan, informing me that Al Ahram of Egypt is publishing material from the Lamp of Liberty, starting…

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Turning a Serious Health Scare Into an Opportunity for a Little Imperialism

President Putin’s ban on wine imports from two uppity former parts of the Soviet Empire, Georgia and Moldova, is transparently an attempt to punish them for their independence. That’s bad…

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Globalization Again!

I’m off again to speak about one of my favorite topics: Globalization. Various papers on the topic, including both the economics and the cultural dimensions of the topic, are available…

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Middle Eastern Seminar on Freedom and Limited Government

In cooperation with colleagues from the Middle East, I am working to organize a seminar on classical liberalism for Middle Eastern students, to be held at the Grand Pyramids Hotel…

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And a Good Thing, Too…

Given the enormous damage done by state-financed “foreign aid,” Oxfam’s complaint that the G8 is not increasing foreign aid at the rate they had expected is welcome news.

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“Challenges of Democratization” on Al Ghad

My short essay on “Challenges of Democratization,” which I originally delivered in Iraq, has been published in the Jordanian paper Al Ghad.

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“Challenges of Democratization” on Al Ghad

My short essay on “Challenges of Democratization,” which I originally delivered in Iraq, has been published in the Jordanian paper Al Ghad.

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Freedom, Commerce, and Peace

Tbilisi I’ve been working with my colleagues on our conference on “Freedom, Commerce, and Peace: A Regional Agenda” to be held October 25-27 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Russian website is…

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Libert��?���© Ch��?���©rie

I had the pleasure of dining this evening with five leaders of the French classical liberal organization LibertÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?© ChÃ?Â??Ã?Â?Ã?©rie, which has been revamped, rebranded, and revitalized by an infusion of…

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