--- title: Emma Ashford | TIME description: Emma Ashford is a research fellow at the Cato Institute. canonical: https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Emma Ashford ## Emma Ashford _Emma Ashford is a research fellow at the Cato Institute._ ## Emma Ashford *  Sep 19, 2017 ### [40 of the Scariest Words in Donald Trump's U.N. Address](https://time.com/4948582/donald-trump-un-iran-speech-nuclear/) And they have nothing to do with North Korea [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 6, 2016 ### [ISIS Attacks Should Be Wake-Up Call for Middle Eastern Leaders](https://time.com/4395069/isis-attacks-middle-eastern-leaders/) Regional states have largely avoided making hard choices on Syria [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 22, 2016 ### [The U.S. Might Be Better Off Cutting Ties With Saudi Arabia](https://time.com/4304763/u-s-ties-with-saudi-arabia/) Our close association could undermine America’s role in the Middle East [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 16, 2015 ### [Force Against ISIS Is the Wrong Tactic](https://time.com/4114999/paris-attacks-military-force/) Military action risks repeating past mistakes [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 30, 2015 ### [Obama’s Syria Strategy Is Doomed to Fail](https://time.com/4094333/obamas-syria-strategy/) Instead, the U.S. should focus on containing ISIS and helping the refugees [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/","name":"Emma Ashford"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/"},"name":"Emma Ashford","jobTitle":null,"description":"Emma Ashford is a research fellow at the Cato Institute.","url":"https://time.com/author/emma-ashford/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```