Foreign Policy Scholar

Mark Lagon

3 articles 1998–2009

Mark Lagon is a foreign policy scholar and human rights advocate who has served in senior positions at the U.S. State Department and various policy institutions. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard on international affairs, including pieces on U.S.-China relations, foreign policy, and European governance models.

The Swedish Way

November 16, 2009 · Mark P. Lagon, Magazine

Improbable though it may sound, the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, is taking a page from the Swedish welfare state in revising his approach to the problem of prostitution. Loudly applauding his eight-month-old experiment is End Demand Illinois (EDI), a coalition of nonprofits that aims to extend…

TO CHINA WITH LOVE

July 5, 1999 · Mark P. Lagon, Blog

You might expect, from a book with the title Betrayal, a typical blast from the far, far right -- a raging, rambling indictment of William Jefferson Clinton for everything from drug-running at Mena airport to conniving in Vince Foster's murder.

FOREIGN POLICY FOR SALE

December 28, 1998 · Mark P. Lagon, Magazine, Books and Arts

It was while he was first running for president that Bill Clinton promised that his foreign policy would have only two touchstones: the promotion of democracy and the halting of arms proliferation. But somewhere along the way, he managed to forget his promise. "Commercial diplomacy" is instead what…