Author Archive

Eric Gomez

director, defense policy studies, Cato Institute

Eric Gomez is director of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute.
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As Clouds Gather in Eastern Europe, Nuclear Diplomacy is More Important Than Ever

More must be done to keep tensions over Ukraine from deepening nuclear instability.

  • Eric Gomez
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OCO Must Go

Lawmakers should rally behind House appropriators' effort to eliminate a funding vehicle that allows the Pentagon to evade budget caps.

  • Lauren Sander, Brandon Valeriano and Eric Gomez
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The Senate’s Defense Authorization Bill Ignores Our New Reality

The annual policy bill takes almost no notice of a pandemic that has already wrought more destruction than most of our country’s wars.

  • Brandon Valeriano, Lauren Sander and Eric Gomez
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The New Missile-Defense Policy Won’t Make Us Safer

Instead, it will encourage rogue states to nuke first in a conflict, and will increase the risk of escalation in a great-power war.

  • Eric Gomez