Douglas Bandow (born April 15, 1957) is an American political writer working as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.

In 2005, Bandow was forced to resign from the Cato Institute after it was revealed that for over ten years, he accepted payments in exchange for publishing articles favorable to various clients.

"[6] Copley News Service, which had carried Bandow's syndicated column for a number of years, suspended him immediately.

Bandow later rejoined the Cato Institute as a Senior Fellow, where he continues to publish through its various outlets and appear at various Cato-sponsored events.

[8] Bandow's articles have been published in periodicals like Foreign Policy, Harper's, National Interest, National Review, The New Republic, Orbis,[9] The American Spectator, Time, Newsweek, and Fortune, as well as newspapers like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

It doesn't appear that he has any foreign policy realists around him, or anyone with a restrained view of America's international responsibilities.