
Ivan Eland is an American defense analyst and author. He is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. Eland's writings generally propose libertarian and non-interventionist policies.
Ivan Eland is an American defense analyst and author. He is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. Eland's writings generally propose libertarian and non-interventionist policies.
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a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:36:"Does Bin Laden hate liberal America?";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:68:"https://www.islamicity.org/3044/does-bin-laden-hate-liberal-america/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 30 2007";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 30, 2007";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:3044;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:128:"D'Souza declares that Osama bin Laden hates the liberal U.S. culture that promotes contraception, abortion, and homosexuality ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:36:"Does Bin Laden hate liberal America?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
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a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:39:"Rebellion Over Iraq: Son Against Father";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:71:"https://www.islamicity.org/3039/rebellion-over-iraq-son-against-father/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 23 2007";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 23, 2007";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:3039;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:153:"There have been pop psychology explanations that attribute President Bush 43's aggressive foreign policy decisions to a rivalry with President Bush 41 ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:39:"Rebellion Over Iraq: Son Against Father";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:32:"Top Ten Things Not to Do in Iraq";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:65:"https://www.islamicity.org/3022/top-ten-things-not-to-do-in-iraq/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 20 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"December 20, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:3022;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:123:"Ever since the Iraq Study Group (ISG) issued its recommendations, the debate in Washington has swirled around what to do ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:32:"Top Ten Things Not to Do in Iraq";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:40:"More Cheer for the Holiday Travel Season";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:73:"https://www.islamicity.org/3017/more-cheer-for-the-holiday-travel-season/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 11 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"December 11, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:3017;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:121:"This holiday travel season, Santa Claus is not the only one who is checking to see whether you've been naughty or nice ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"More Cheer for the Holiday Travel Season";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:22:"Disregarding Democracy";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:55:"https://www.islamicity.org/2997/disregarding-democracy/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Nov 6 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"November 6, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2997;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:179:"In the run-up to the mid-term elections, Dick Cheney's recent remarks about U.S. national security policy once again shows haughtiness and disdain for checks on executive power ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:22:"Disregarding Democracy";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:15:"The Cult of War";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:48:"https://www.islamicity.org/2948/the-cult-of-war/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Aug 21 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"August 21, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2948;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:171:"Israel suffers from the cult of the offensive, which also afflicts the U.S. military. Believing that grabbing the initiative and taking the fight to the enemy wins wars ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:15:"The Cult of War";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:16:"Win Win for Iran";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:49:"https://www.islamicity.org/2894/win-win-for-iran/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 22 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"June 22, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2894;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:175:"Although on the surface, things have been going well lately for President Bush on Iraq .. it is easy to forget that even if the United States wins the war in Iraq, it loses ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:16:"Win Win for Iran";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:41:"Zarqawi`s Death Is Likely spur Insurgency";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:73:"https://www.islamicity.org/2889/zarqawis-death-is-likely-spur-insurgency/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 12 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"June 12, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2889;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:163:"The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi shouldn`t bring a tear to anyone`s eye, but it is primarily a short-lived public relations triumph for the Bush administration ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:41:"Zarqawi`s Death Is Likely spur Insurgency";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:18:"A draconian threat";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:51:"https://www.islamicity.org/2880/a-draconian-threat/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"May 25 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"May 25, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2880;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:174:"US Attorney General made a draconian threat to prosecute journalists for writing about the National Security Agency's clandestine and illegal monitoring of telephone calls ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:18:"A draconian threat";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:24:"A humble foreign policy?";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:56:"https://www.islamicity.org/2832/a-humble-foreign-policy/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 14 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"March 14, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2832;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:164:"President Bush is not the first recent president to use military power to intervene in the affairs of other countries, but he probably has been the most reckless ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:24:"A humble foreign policy?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:42:"Racial Commercial Profiling of Dubai Ports";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:75:"https://www.islamicity.org/2816/racial-commercial-profiling-of-dubai-ports/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 21 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 21, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2816;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:165:"Members of Congress, exhibiting post 911 jingoism and paranoia, are pressuring the administration to bar an Arab company to take over operations at six U.S. ports ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:42:"Racial Commercial Profiling of Dubai Ports";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"More Defense Dollars, Less Security";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/2799/more-defense-dollars-less-security/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Feb 6 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"February 6, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2799;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:176:"The first responsibility of any government is to protect its people, but U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to promote overseas empire at the expense of citizens` security ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"More Defense Dollars, Less Security";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:24:"Creating more Terrorists";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:57:"https://www.islamicity.org/2784/creating-more-terrorists/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 18 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 18, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2784;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:152:"The CIA's recent botched attempt to kill al Qaeda's number two man, in Pakistan illustrates why the Bush administration actually motivates terrorists ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:24:"Creating more Terrorists";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:19:"Imperial Presidency";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:52:"https://www.islamicity.org/2780/imperial-presidency/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jan 9 2006";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"January 9, 2006";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2780;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:107:"Even though the president and his administration constantly say, `we are at war,` technically we are not ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:19:"Imperial Presidency";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:44:"Iraqi Constitution - They Call This Victory?";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:74:"https://www.islamicity.org/2736/iraqi-constitution-they-call-this-victory/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 18 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"October 18, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2736;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:129:"Curiously, the United States has forgotten the wisdom of its own founders, who were more concerned with liberty than democracy ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:44:"Iraqi Constitution - They Call This Victory?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:40:"Tarzan Foreign Policy `We good, you bad`";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:70:"https://www.islamicity.org/2731/tarzan-foreign-policy-we-good-you-bad/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 11 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"October 11, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2731;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:150:"In a recent speech Dick Cheney opined that U.S. failure to avenge anti-U.S. terrorist attacks during the 1980s and 1990s led to the attacks of 911 .. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:40:"Tarzan Foreign Policy `We good, you bad`";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:25:"Democratic Hallucinations";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:58:"https://www.islamicity.org/2718/democratic-hallucinations/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Sep 22 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:18:"September 22, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2718;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:143:"Insular and secretive presidential administrations often deny reality to the point of absurdity when they blunder into foreign misadventures ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:25:"Democratic Hallucinations";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:22:"Sarai State of Affairs";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:55:"https://www.islamicity.org/2716/sarai-state-of-affairs/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Sep 21 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:18:"September 21, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2716;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:193:"Even after its Vietnam debacle, the U.S. military cannot effectively conduct counterinsurgency warfare. In Vietnam, U.S. forces destroyed villages to save them. The same is happening in Iraq ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:22:"Sarai State of Affairs";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:26:"The Failed `War on Terror`";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:57:"https://www.islamicity.org/2687/the-failed-war-on-terror/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Aug 9 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"August 9, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2687;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:137:"After 911 the American public would have been freer and safer if the administration's security bureaucracies had taken a long vacation ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:26:"The Failed `War on Terror`";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:33:"Why Did Terrorists Strike London?";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:65:"https://www.islamicity.org/2673/why-did-terrorists-strike-london/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jul 20 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"July 20, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2673;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:150:"Watching the major U.S. television networks after the London terror bombings provided little illumination about why that city was chosen for attack ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:33:"Why Did Terrorists Strike London?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}
a:14:{s:8:"theTitle";s:43:"U.S. Should Stop Meddling in the Oil Market";s:12:"ThePermalink";s:75:"https://www.islamicity.org/2666/u-s-should-stop-meddling-in-the-oil-market/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:10:"Ivan Eland";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jul 12 2005";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"July 12, 2005";s:9:"theAuthor";s:18:"Ivan Eland|/source";s:5:"theID";i:2666;s:10:"theExcerpt";s:161:"U.S. national security bureaucracies, some members of Congress, and their special interest supporters are eagerly demonizing the next "insidious" enemy: China ..";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:43:"U.S. Should Stop Meddling in the Oil Market";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:77:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=ivan-eland";}