Justin Logan

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Justin Logan is a contributing editor for RichardCYoung.com. Formerly the Cato Institute's director of foreign policy studies, Logan writes primarily about politics and American foreign policy. He holds a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from American University. He is an expert on U.S. grand strategy, international relations theory, and American foreign policy. He has lectured on American strategy across the country and across the world, and his articles have appeared in International Security, the Journal of Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy, the National Interest, the Harvard International Review, Orbis, National Review, the American Conservative, Reason, Politico, and the American Prospect, among others. A native Missourian, Logan currently lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two sons, where they are opening a Latin American wine and spirits bar, Ruta del Vino.

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Neocons for Clinton

It’s been clear for some time that neoconservatives would prefer Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump, for a host of different reasons--and one big reason. Writing...

Money, Think Tanks, and Who’s Working for Whom?

Based on the reception to another New York Times piece about how money and power pass through Washington think tanks, everybody wants to believe...

Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy Will Be Short-Lived

Barack Obama took office with a pretty high sense of his place in history. Beyond the indisputable significance of his being the first black...

Trump’s NATO Heresy

Donald Trump got into some trouble last week when he told the New York Times’ David Sanger and Maggie Haberman that when it came...

U.S. China Policy: Hic Sunt Dracones

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