Alan W. Dowd

Alan W. Dowd


  • December 18, 2016

    Spreading the News on the State of Economic Freedom

    Many U.S. states are falling behind their Canadian neighbors in economic freedom, just as the U.S. is falling behind its global neighbors. 

  • June 9, 2016

    What NATO Is For

    The upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw will complete the transatlantic alliance's transformation back to what it was built for: deterring Moscow.

  • December 22, 2015

    The Retreat of Economic Freedom Continues

    The self-styled "land of the free" is not as free as it once was – or as we in the United States think of ourselves.

  • November 6, 2015

    Economic Freedom and the Building Blocks of Prosperity and Stability

    The zones of economic freedom largely correspond with the most stable, most peaceful, most secure parts of the world. 

  • August 30, 2015

    The Hard Work of Defending Civilization

    According to former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, today’s Army has “the lowest readiness levels” since he entered the service 38 years ago.

  • July 19, 2015

    A Regime that Cannot Be Trusted

    The core problem with the Iran nuclear deal is not in its details, but rather in the nature of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

  • July 10, 2015

    NATO Needs to Invest in the Common Defense

    Now more than any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, NATO must devote adequate resources to deterrence. 

  • June 15, 2015

    In Defense of Missile Defense

    Three decades ago, there were nine countries that fielded ballistic missiles. Today, there are 32. Yet. Obama still to views missile defense not as a new tool in the arsenal, but as a bargaining chip. 

  • May 16, 2015

    Confused at Camp David

    In the Middle East, the administration is confused about whom to support, what to do, where to engage, how much to commit.

  • March 7, 2015

    Cyber-Liberty Depends on Cyber-Security

    How to detect, withstand, recover from and, if possible, stop illegitimate activity in cyberspace while protecting legitimate activity -- all without compromising the Internet’s open character -- is a challenge. 

  • December 17, 2014

    The Economic Benefits of Common Sense

    A new economic report reveals that the self-styled “land of the free” is not as free as it once was -- or as we in the United States think of ourselves.

  • August 20, 2014

    Economic Freedom and a Healthier Middle East

    It’s going to take time for the old order of strongmen and the sword to give way to a new order of political pluralism and economic freedom.

  • May 17, 2013

    A Care-less Foreign Policy

    Obama -- leaving the world considerably worse than the way he found it.

  • May 4, 2013

    The Gosnell Case Strikes a Nerve

    Where the slippery slope ends