Education
Eland received an Master of Business Administration in Applied Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy in National Security Policy from George Washington University.
Eland received an Master of Business Administration in Applied Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy in National Security Policy from George Washington University.
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. He has previously served as Director of Defense Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, as Principal Defense Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, as an investigator dealing with national security and intelligence for the Government Accountability Office, and on a House Committee on Foreign Affairs special investigation of allegations that the United States. sold weapons to Iraq prior to 1991.
He has testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ivan Eland is the author of Putting "Defense" Back into United States. Defense Policy (2001), The Empire Has Number Clothes: United States. Foreign Policy Exposed (2004), Recarving Rushmore|Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty (2008. Updated edition 2014) and Partitioning for Peace: An Exit Strategy for Iraq (2009).
He has also written essays, including forty-five in-depth studies on national security issues, and numerous popular articles He addressed the subjects of foreign relations, defense policy, military readiness and threat analysis, Sino-American relations, the Taiwan issue, terrorism and its effects on civil liberties, the lessons of the Vietnam War, Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferation, National Missile Defense, the National Security Agency, the American Business Media Treaty, submarines, special operations forces, North Atlantic Treaty Organization expansion, and United States. policy towards Iraq and Iran.
Eland is a libertarian, generally supporting non-interventionism and limited government.
In Recarving Rushmore, Eland argued that historians" rankings of United States presidents fail to reflect presidents" actual services to the country. In the book, he rated 40 United States presidents on the basis of whether or not their policies promoted peace, prosperity, and liberty during their tenures. John Tyler and Grover Cleveland were ranked the two strongest, while Harry Truman and Woodrow Wilson came in last.
Eland once named Jimmy Carter "the best modern president," praising Carter"s restrained foreign policy and deregulation of several American industries.
Eland continues to strongly oppose the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and called George West. Bush"s presidency "one of the worst of all time." Eland supports gun rights. He is a critic of the Affordable Care Acting and race-based affirmative action.
Regarding global warming, Eland argues that the threats posed are sensationalized. Eland is on the Advisory Council of the Democracy Institute.
Eland is the Assistant Editor of the Independent Review, writes a regular column for the website Antiwar.com, contributes frequently at Consortium News Robert Parry"s website of investigative journalism, and writes a blog for the Huffington Post.