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CIP Experts provide unique and informed analysis of key events and issues around the world at a time when progressive foreign policy alternatives are urgently needed. 
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October 28, 2017

Harry Blaney: Letter to the Editor

Brexit will in time erase any real influence by Britain over events in Europe and in America. This self-isolation and disengagement will have a negative impact on the UK’s security, economy and global standing. Many from the EU nations died side by side with Britons and Americans in the Second World War to bring about a Europe that is united, democratic and at peace... READ MORE »

October 25, 2017

CIA in Afghanistan: Operation Phoenix Redux?

These CIA teams in Afghanistan are not just reminiscent of the Operation Phoenix program in Vietnam, the death squads of Central America and the Shia torture and murder militias of Baghdad, they are the direct descendants of them... READ MORE »

October 13, 2017

Grassroots Groups Respond to Trump’s Decision to Decertify the Iran Nuclear Deal

by Win Without War

Joint statement by Beyond the Bomb, CREDO, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Indivisible, J Street, MoveOn.org Civic Action, NIAC Action, Peace Action, VoteVets, Win Without War, and Women’s Action for New Directions on Donald Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear agreement... READ MORE »

October 11, 2017

Here’s Where Your Tax Dollars for ‘Defense’ Are Really Going

by William D. Hartung

Here’s a question for you: How do you spell boondoggle? The answer (in case you didn’t already know): P-e-n-t-a-g-o-n.... READ MORE »

September 30, 2017

The Wrong Diagnosis on Defense

by William D. Hartung

Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon is not underfunded, and a lack of funds is not what has caused recent, tragic accidents that have cost the lives of U.S. military personnel... READ MORE »

September 30, 2017

Sanders Outlines Vision of a Progressive U.S. Foreign Policy

by William D. Hartung

During the 2016 presidential campaign, progressives who work on U.S. foreign policy issues had high hopes that Bernie Sanders would provide a sharp counterpoint to the hawkish views of Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump... READ MORE »

October 28, 2017

A Breath of Fresh Air on Nuclear Weapons Policy

by William D. Hartung

For the growing number of Americans who are now paying attention to the long-neglected issue of the dangers posed by nuclear weapons, the primary reaction is fear, focused on one of three concerns: fear of a nuclear North Korea, fear of a war on the Korean peninsula, or fear of a nuclear war... READ MORE »

October 24, 2017

Corporate Patriots or War Profiteers?

by William D. Hartung

Weapons contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman don’t like us to talk about the fact that their products are used to kill people in conflicts all over the world... READ MORE »

October 12, 2017

A Vote This Week Could End U.S. Role In Yemen War

by William D. Hartung

Yemen is in the midst of one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in modern times, and the United States and its allies in Saudi Arabia bear a large part of the responsibility... READ MORE »

October 9, 2017

Tomgram: William Hartung, How the Military-Industrial Complex Preys on the Troops

by William D. Hartung

I’m sure you’ve heard about the $65 million. Or was it $86 million? Or was it even more? You know, the funds the Pentagon sunk into that hotshot plane it was preparing for its Afghan drug interdiction program. You haven’t? ... READ MORE »

September 30, 2017

U.S. Arms and Training Fuel UAE’s War in Yemen

by William D. Hartung

Discussions about the war in Yemen in the media and on Capitol Hill generally focus on the role of the Saudi-led bombing campaign, which has killed thousands of civilians while targeting hospitals, marketplaces, and even a funeral... READ MORE »

September 26, 2017

Five dangers of giving the Commerce Department oversight of firearms exports

by Rachel Stohl, Colby Goodman

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Buy American” agenda is taking a potentially deadly turn, with the administration expected to issue new regulations that would make it easier for U.S. firearms and related ammunition to reach terrorists, criminal organizations and corrupt and abusive foreign security forces... READ MORE »

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