Mary Theroux interviews Independent’s esteemed foreign policy analyst.
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At the Independent Institute, we’re not afraid to ask powerful questions about foreign policy and the United States’ role in the world.
Some questions are fundamental: What is empire? What are liberal values? Why does the U.S. keep getting entangled in foreign wars?
Other questions are grim. Do people really want to be free? Is self-governance dead? Is anyone out there defending real liberal values?
Christopher J. Coyne, author of the recently published In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace ([link removed]) , sat down with Independent’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mary L. G. Theroux. The two of them tackled all of the above questions … and more.
Coyne said:
“One of the things that gives me hope is that there is still space for people to exercise … freedom. To exercise self-governing capabilities. It’s smaller than perhaps it was, but it’s still there.... One of the reasons I’m quite grateful to partner with everything Independent does is that there are still some organizations that are dedicated to promoting those core values. And not just promoting them in terms of saying the words, but in terms of engaging in scholarship, engaging with policy directly, engaging with what’s happening day to day, and having the courage of one’s convictions.”
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Read Coyne’s book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy, for a fresh perspective on what freedom, peace, and prosperity really mean.
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About the Author
Dr. Christopher J. Coyne ([link removed]) is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Co-Editor of The Independent Review, professor of economics at George Mason University, Associate Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center, Co-Editor of the Review of Austrian Economics, and Book Review Editor for Public Choice. Dr. Coyne received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
Praise for In Search of Monsters to Destroy
[link removed]“With In Search of Monsters to Destroy, Christopher Coyne offers readers a crisp, concise, and devastating indictment of American imperialism. His provocative proposal for a nonviolent ‘polycentric’ approach to national security comes as a welcome bonus.”
—Andrew J. Bacevich, President and Chairman of the Board, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, Boston University
“Why go overseas to slay monsters? Whether it’s corruption and cronyism, bureaucratic pathologies and perverse policies, mechanized terror and murderous militarism, the monsters are right here, America. Luckily for us, in In Search of Monsters to Destroy, Coyne faces them down with courage and clarity. So should we.”
—William J. Astore, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.), author, Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism
“Christopher Coyne has long been the leading voice in economics on the folly of American military interventions overseas. In his remarkable new book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy, he gives unpopular but deeply compelling arguments why such interventions are a threat to liberal values both at home and abroad.”
—William R. Easterly, Co-Director, Development Research Institute, New York University
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