It is well known that the canonical libertarian position regarding a state's foreign policy is non-interventionism, no foreign aid, and free trade. This combination has been espoused by people from Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and George Washington to Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises. It is part of the platform of the US Libertarian Party. Brink Lindsey, a scholar at the Cato Institute, has had some reservations about this libertarian combination, most notably the non-interventionism (never mind that he's not sure he's a libertarian). He thinks that state intervention for the purpose of liberation, which I will refer to … Continue reading In Defense of Non-Intervention