Subject: Conference: The Case for Restraint in U.S. Foreign Policy, June 15, 2016
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 • 9:00AM – 5:00PM
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For the past two decades Democratic and Republican leaders have viewed U.S. military power as indispensable to global stability. Known as “primacy” or “liberal hegemony,” U.S. military alliances, they believed, would secure the peace between foreign powers, and armed interventions would be necessary to prevent terrorism and civil conflicts abroad.

This grand strategy perspective is now undergoing major revisions, with many foreign policy and military experts now calling for restraint. The United States is now viewed as greatly benefiting from a robust state of national security thanks to its geographic, economic, and military advantages. Further, decades of rigorous military interventions and long-term military alliances have caused more problems than they solved—and a grand strategy of restraint aligns with the fundamental values at the core of our nation’s founding.

At this conference, experts on international security will deeply examine the major shifts now taking place in global perspectives, and will both confront and critically examine the arguments and assumptions of the “primacy” consensus. Panelists will also discuss what form a more restrained U.S. foreign policy should take, and the prospects for restraint given American politics today.

Full schedule and registration: www.cato.org/case-restraint-us-foreign-policy (http://www.cato.org/events/case-restraint-us-foreign-policy?utm_source=Cato+Institute+Emails&utm_campaign=ab05707cba-Cato-event&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_395878584c-ab05707cba-144287633&goal=0_395878584c-ab05707cba-144287633&mc_cid=ab05707cba&mc_eid=[UNIQID])

Panel 1: The Myths of Primacy: Alliances and Security Dilemmas
* David Edelstein, Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, Georgetown University
* Eugene Gholz, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
* Brendan Green, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati

Panel 2: The Myths of Primacy: Geography, Energy, and Democracy
* Alexander Downes, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
* Eugene Gholz, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
* Moderated by Charles Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Director, Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University

Lunch Address
* Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Director, MIT Security Studies Program

Panel 3: The Case for Restraint: History and Politics
* Benjamin Friedman, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
* Edward Rhodes, Professor, School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs, George Mason University
* William Ruger, Vice President of Research and Policy, Charles Koch Institute
* Trevor Thrall, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Panel 4: The Case for Restraint: What Should It Look Like
* Emma Ashford, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
* Benjamin Friedman, Research Fellow, Cato Institute
* Christopher Preble, Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute
* John Mueller, Senior Research Scientist, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University, and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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