As President Trump pushes to unwind one proxy war—with Russia in Ukraine—he’s ramping up another in this hemisphere: ordering the Pentagon to ready battle plans against Latin American drug cartels. On our panel, Cato scholars weigh the odds of a Putin deal and the risk of replaying past drug war disasters. Featuring&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/people/ryan-bourne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ryan Bourne</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ian Vásquez</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/people/gene-healy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gene Healy</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justin Logan</a> Links for Show NotesJustin Logan,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/trump-shouldnt-settle-european-spending-pledges" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Trump Shouldn’t Settle for European Spending Pledges,”</a>&nbsp;Foreign Policy, July 25, 2025 Brandan P. Buck,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/invading-mexico-will-not-solve-cartel-problem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Invading Mexico Will Not Solve the Cartel Problem,”</a>&nbsp;The American Conservative, December 17, 2024 Ian Vasquez, “<a href="https://www.cato.org/free-society/spring-2025/deregulation-argentina-milei-takes-deep-chainsaw-bureaucracy-red-tape" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes “Deep Chainsaw” to Bureaucracy and Red Tape</a>,” Free Society (Spring 2025)<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Trade, Power, and Tension: The U.S.-China Story

Each week on Cato Podcast, leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.