Defense Priorities
{{Short description|American foreign policy think tank}}
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| leader_name = Edward King{{cite web|title=About Defense Priorities|url=https://www.defensepriorities.org/about|website=defensepriorities.org|publisher=Defense Priorities|access-date=June 6, 2023}}
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The Defense Priorities Foundation, also known as Defense Priorities, is an American foreign policy think tank based in Washington, D.C., that advocates for more restrained US foreign policy.
History
Defense Priorities was established in early 2016 by supporters of United States Senator Rand Paul and funded by conservative donors Charles Koch and his brother David Koch. Early leadership included William P. Ruger of the Charles Koch Institute and Edward King of a pro-Paul political action committee. The organization was founded to advance Paul's foreign policy views, which argued for a "more prudent, restrained" United States foreign policy.{{cite news|last=Bender|first=Bryan|title=Allies of Rand Paul, Koch take aim at hawks|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/rand-paul-charles-koch-think-tank-224099 |access-date=June 6, 2023|work=Politico|date=June 9, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Racke|first=Will|title=New Washington think tank urges detente with Russia (Part One)|url=https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/blog/2016/international-relations/new-washington-think-tank-urges-detente-with-russia-part-one/|publisher=Northwestern University|date=November 8, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2023}}
Positions
Defense Priorities publications have advocated for ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine through negotiations, against the arming of rebels during the Syrian Civil War, against harsher sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program, and against deeper military engagement in the Middle East.
The think tank's leanings have been characterized as "isolationist", "non-interventionist",{{cite news|last=Roza|first=David|title=Will leaving Afghanistan cause another 9/11? Former soldiers and diplomats say no, not necessarily |url=https://taskandpurpose.com/news/what-happens-if-we-leave-afghanistan/|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=Task & Purpose|date=February 12, 2020}} "libertarian",{{cite news|last=Kwong|first=Matt|title=Why vote to end U.S. support for war in Yemen is a black eye for Trump|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-senate-yemen-war-resolution-1.4944579|access-date=June 6, 2023 |work=CBC |date=December 13, 2018}} "pro-restraint",{{cite news|title=Afghanistan Lessons Learned|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2021/09/10/things-have-gotten-worse-regrets-from-americas-war-on-terror-494284|access-date=June 7, 2023|work=Politico|date=September 10, 2021}} and "realist".{{cite news|last=Gould|first=Joe|title=Kurds may be wiped out before Turkey sanctions happen, senators worry |url=https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2019/10/10/kurds-may-be-wiped-out-before-turkey-sanctions-happen-senators-worry/|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=Defense News|date=October 10, 2019}}
Notable scholars and affiliates
- Daniel L. Davis
- Rajan Menon{{cite web|title=Rajan Menon |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/2098|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921025036/https://carnegieendowment.org/experts/2098|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2021|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|access-date=June 6, 2023}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{ProPublicaNonprofitExplorer|810714113}}
Category:Think tanks based in the United States
Category:2016 establishments in the United States