Category Archives: International Security

ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part V): …But Government Has a Role in Mitigating Negative Externalities and Market Failures That Unencumbered Capitalism Can Generate

Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In Part I of this series, I argued a fundamental reason our government is broken is the political selection process favoring ideological warriors over pragmatic problem solvers. I introduced my “Funnel of Futility” theory: as ideology becomes increasingly important in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing | Tagged Acid Rain, Cap-and-trade, Democrats, FDA, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR, TARP | 2 Comments

ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part IV): Free Markets Are Preferable to Tightly Controlled Ones…

Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing | Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR | 7 Comments

Is President Obama’s Recent Self-Comparison with Teddy Roosevelt a Valid One?

Posted on Friday, December 23, 2011 by mbsbvu

President Barack Obama’s December 6th speech in Kansas in which he compared himself to Teddy Roosevelt just happened to coincide with a trip my wife and another couple made several weeks ago. We had the great pleasure to visit Theodore … Continue reading →

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Posted in Finance and Economics, International Security, Leadership, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Taxes, War | Tagged Obama Administration, President Obama, President Theodore Roosevelt | 15 Comments

Covert Effort to Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program Continues: Part II

Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

On December 5th, I catalogued several incidents that occurred during the past two years, indicating that a covert war between the West (including Israel) and Iran was well underway. In recent days, several prominent American defense officials have begun signaling that the conflict … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, Terrorism, War | Tagged Amir Mirzai Hekmati, Covert War, Fereydoun Abbasi, GCC, General Martin Dempsey, Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, Isfahan, Leon Panetta, Majid Shahriari, Nuclear proliferation, Obama Administration, OPEC, UAE, United Arab Emirates | 3 Comments

Iran One Year Away from Assembling Nuclear Device

Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Tonight 60 Minutes aired an interview with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. In that interview, the Secretary of Defense made several important and provocative statements. These statements include: The fact that there have been efforts to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, International Security, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, War | Tagged 60 Minutes, Iran, Leon Panetta, Nuclear proliferation, Nuclear weapons, Stuxnet, War with Iran | 15 Comments

Covert Effort to Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program Continues

Posted on Monday, December 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“Everything that [GOP presidential candidate] Mitt Romney said we should be doing–tough sanctions, covert action and pressuring the international community — are all of the things we are actually doing.” — unnamed senior Obama administration official In recent months there … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, Terrorism, War | Tagged Covert War, David Sanger, Fereydoun Abbasi, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, Isfahan, Majid Shahriari, Nuclear proliferation, Obama Administration | 17 Comments

Islamists on Track to Win Egyptian Election

Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I predicted earlier this year that the Arab Spring would likely result in further Islamic radicalization of the Arab world. According to The New York Times, the “mainstream” Muslim Brotherhood has captured about forty percent of the Egyptian vote, based … Continue reading →

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Posted in Defense, Energy Security, International Security, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Predictions | Tagged Arab Spring, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egypt, Islam, Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood | 14 Comments

Newt Gingrich Won the Republican Debate

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Newt Gingrich won the debate hands down. No one else was even close. He was honest and pragmatic on immigration, recognizing the tough reality that a percentage of the eleven million illegal immigrants have been living and contributing to American … Continue reading →

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Posted in Central Asia, China, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Crime, Defense, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, International Security, Leadership, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Power, Nuclear proliferation, Policy, Politics, War | Tagged CNN Debate, Decision 2012, Gasoline, Immigration, Iran, Newt Gingrich, Republican Debate, Republicans, Who Won the Debate?, Who Won? | 22 Comments

Darwin a Positive Evolution for American Foreign Policy

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

This past week’s announcement that the United States would station 2,500 Marines in Darwin, Australia is a positive development for American foreign policy. Incidentally, seven years ago I made this recommendation as part of a student group in a defense management class … Continue reading →