Author Archives: Leon Hadar

About Leon Hadar

Leon Hadar is a foreign policy analyst, author, and contributing editor at TAC. He holds a Ph.D. from American University, and is the author of the books Quagmire: America in the Middle East and Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East. He is a Wikistrat expert and former Cato Institute research fellow, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Washington Times, The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the National Interest.

What Would Kissinger Do?

Posted on January 22, 2013

Historians studying Russian and German foreign policy in the last century have …

Is Barack Obama a Republican Realist?

Posted on January 14, 2013

His foreign policy recalls George H.W. Bush—and his domestic policy could be Ike’s or Nixon’s.

The Arab Spring: A Reality Check

Posted on December 14, 2012

A few days after the fall of the Mubarak regime in Egypt …

The Party of Silicon Valley?

Posted on November 30, 2012

Nate Silver had an interesting piece yesterday which concludes based on statistical …

Huntsman (or Zakaria) for State

Posted on November 29, 2012

The guys at MSNBC allege that Senator John McCain’s campaign against the …

‘I Like to Be in America’

Posted on November 26, 2012

“Puerto Rico, You lovely island . . .” “I like to be …

The GOP’s Asian-American Fiasco

Posted on November 9, 2012

How Republicans alienated a once-allied bloc of voters

We Are Not All Westerners Now

Posted on October 18, 2012

The world’s rising powers will take different paths to modernization

Disseminating American Ideals

Posted on March 26, 2012

Americans are once again surprised to learn that the rest of humanity …

The Reality of American Power: Why Robert Kagan Is Wrong

Posted on February 22, 2012

As a life-long hypochondriac, I was laughing out loud when reading the …

What Happens After an Iran-Israel War?

Posted on February 10, 2012

Notwithstanding the neverending stream of all those based-on-reliable-intelligence-sources analyses, it is doubtful …

Impressive Show for Anti-War Republicans: Is Neoconservatism Now Outside Republican Mainstream?

Posted on January 11, 2012

Imagine if Ohio Representative and anti-war activist Dennis Kucinich had come in …

Another War That Nobody Wants

Posted on January 10, 2012

Reports that members of the European Union (EU) were planning to impose …

Ron Paul and Israel

Posted on December 29, 2011

He will probably not be elected as the next Republican presidential nomination. …

Libertarians Should Do Foreign Policy

Posted on December 15, 2011

Justin Raimondo posted on antiwar.com a thoughtful critique of my essay in …

Freedom Means War

Posted on December 7, 2011

Why libertarians can’t do foreign policy.

Obama’s Gradualist Strategy on Iran May Not Prevent War

Posted on November 16, 2011

There are mounting concerns over a possible pre-emptive Israeli military strike against …

Middle East Empire: The Prequel

Posted on September 29, 2011

The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Jonathan Schneer, Random House, 464 pages

The War on Terror Is Over and China Won

Posted on September 9, 2011

By Leon Hadar | September 9, 2011 Imagine 40 years from now …

On the London Hooligans: Plus ca change…

Posted on August 15, 2011

The New York Times carried a report on the UK riots, “London Riots …

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