Benjamin Byron

Ben is a policy analyst interested in national and foreign affairs. Ben's focus is on international security issues, but he is also very interested in national issues, such as government reform, economic policy, education reform, and technology policy. Ben received a B.A. from Dickinson College in International Studies and a Master's Degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. Recently, Ben has been particularly interested in media and technology, specifically with regard to how media and technology affect the relationship between the state and society.

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A More Libertarian Republican Party Would Be a Wrong Turn For the GOP

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5 Reasons Our Obsession With U.S. Debt is Crippling Economic Recovery

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Fiscal Cliff Solutions: Are We About to See European-Style Austerity?

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QE3 Fed Announcement: Things to Consider Before a New Round of Quantitative Easing Happens

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How Conservatives Have Demonized Science Learning in America

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American Idiots: Our Own Political Ignorance is Destroying Our Political System

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Mitt Romney’s Greatest Liability in 2012? The Republican Party

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Barack Obama Debt Plan Reduces Deficit While All Other Republican Candidates Increase Deficit

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How the Government Can Save the Middle Class and Reverse Income Inequality

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Slow Job Growth Unrelated to Government Policies

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Austerity Programs Will Not Solve U.S. Economic Woes

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Did the Economic Stimulus Really Help Ease the Great Recession?

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Congress Can Create Jobs by Creating Demand

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The Beginning of the End for Global Islamist Terrorism

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Byron v. Hutchinson: The Real Charade of Nonparticipation

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Byron v. Lalla: Winning the Afghan War, But Losing the Region

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Byron v. Hudson: Let's Inform, Not Inflame, on Israel and Iran

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Byron v. Doshi: Should the U.S. Prosecute Wikileaks?