Ted Galen Carpenter

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Ted Galen Carpenter
Ted Galen Carpenter is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute.

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A Really Bad Idea: A ‘Limited’ War with Iran  — Carpenter, Ted Galen. —National Interest — Apr 15, 2015

The author challenges the assumptions of recent calls for military strikes against Iran, arguing the advocates of military action dramatically underestimate how Iran would respond and how quickly the conflict could escalate.

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Blast from the Past: When Hawks Wanted to Bomb a 'Suicidal' China  — Carpenter, Ted Galen. —Cato Institute — Apr 01, 2015

The author notes the similarities to recent calls to pre-emptively strike Iran to similar arguments during the 1960s' to attack China before it could develop a nuclear weapon, which have since been proven to have over-inflated the threat from China based on their rhetoric.

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We Can Live with an (Almost) Nuclear Iran  — Carpenter, Ted Galen. —National Interest — Feb 06, 2015

The author argues that the pending nuclear deal that allows Iran to retain latent nuclear weapons capability is the best alternative that avoids the risks of a nuclear Iran or a protracted conflict.  

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Be Very Cautious About Covert Action Against Iran  — Carpenter, Ted Galen. —The National Interest — Nov 17, 2011

The author warns that U.S. covert action against the Iranian regime could easily backfire by reinforcing the hardliners.

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