War and Foreign Policy

Jeff Deist and Per Bylund discuss immigration from a libertarian perspective.

Many governments — including the US — have often inhumanely forbidden families from supplying ransoms to kidnappers to save loved ones. The Obama administration recently, and correctly, suspended the practice of prosecuting families in these cases.

The Japanese government has been working to increase both military spending and the military’s role beyond Japan’s borders. This has little to do with Japan asserting independence from Washington, and is more about a cash-strapped US wanting more money from Japanese taxpayers.

Ron Paul's message of peace is a critical component in limiting the power of the state. Unfortunately, few ever question the branch of the state known as "the military" and assume that militarism and empire can be compatible with a free society. 

Valiant Hearts is the rare game that combines engaging gameplay with a compelling narrative and a strongly anti-war message.

For decades, American military strategy has amounted to little more than outspending all adversaries. Vietnam and Korea showed this strategy sometimes fails, although it often works as long as the money keeps flowing. But the financial good times won’t last forever.

Recorded at the Mises Institute on 20 July 2015.

In this re-imagining of the Gilbert and Sullivan tune "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," Julian Adorney explores the American presidency and the discouraging lack of variety among successful candidates.

Opponents of secession and decentralization claim that secession is self-destructive because small states will find themselves defenseless in the face of military aggression. In fact, small states enjoy many advantages in wealth, flexibility, and decentralization that are lacking in larger, centralized states.