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June 29, 2019

Why Security Guarantees Are the Key to Solving the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

by Henri Féron

Pyongyang will not lower its guns without a promise that it won’t be harmed. Could this be the key to peace on the Korean Pennisula?

June 27, 2019

The U.S.-Iran Imbroglio: Dangerous Lessons To Be Learned

by Melvin Goodman

The bizarre decisions and events over a 48-hour period between the United States and Iran outlined the dangerous times that we are confronting and point to Donald Trump as the most dangerous aspect of all...

June 26, 2019

How can the U.S. avoid war with Iran?

William Hartung quoted

Trump's critics fear his bold rhetoric and confrontational tactics, including pulling out of the nuclear deal negotiated by President Barack Obama, have locked him into a position where taking steps to de-escalate the situation would make him look weak...

June 26, 2019

2020 Democrats must address our addiction to military spending

Ben Freeman and William Hartung quoted, Sustainable Defense Task Force cited

Candidates hoping to distinguish themselves in the limited time they will be allotted should also consider taking a stand against the United States’ bloated defense budget...

June 25, 2019

Temi Ibirogba discusses China-Africa ties

Temi Ibirogba interviewed

CGTN's Asieh Namdar spoke with Temi Ibirogba, program and research associate for the Africa Program at the Center for International Policy, about China-Africa relations...

June 22, 2019

Headlines - June 21, 2019

Sustainable Defense Task Force mentioned

The Pentagon could save more than $1.2 trillion with a number of tweaks to its spending plan for the next decade, including canceling the creation of a Space Force and nuclear weapons projects, according to a report by the Center for International Policy...

June 29, 2019

Wealth is wasted on war

William Hartung quoted

William Hartung, a longtime researcher of U.S. defense spending, posits that a comprehensive, honest analysis of an "annual tally for war, preparations for war, and the impact of war comes to more than $1.25 trillion."

June 27, 2019

The Lobby For War With Iran: How Saudi and Emirati influence is driving the US to war… again.

by Cassandra Stimpson and Nia Harris

After the disastrous results in Iraq and Afghanistan the obvious question is, who would pursue another Middle East entanglement? As is often the case in DC, if seeking answers, just follow the money...

June 26, 2019

Arms Dealers and Lobbyists Get Rich as Yemen Burns

William Hartung, Christina Arabia, and Ben Freeman quoted

Over a dozen lobbying firms employed by defense contractors have also been working on behalf of the Saudi or Emiratis, efficiently lobbying for both the arms buyers and sellers in one fell swoop. One of these lobbying firms, the McKeon Group, led by former Republican congressman and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Howard McKeon, represents both Saudi Arabia and the American defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK, MBDA, and L3 Technologies...

June 25, 2019

Do U.S. Defense Firms Really Need To Export Arms To Saudi Arabia?

by William Hartung

U.S. firms could do without sales to Saudi Arabia and other repressive regimes, and they’d still be doing just fine financially...

June 25, 2019

Mr. President, leave declaring war to Congress

by William Hartung

Strong action by Congress will help tip the balance away from a policy of ever more war and toward one grounded in diplomacy and economic cooperation -- with force reserved as an instrument of last resort when there is a serious threat to the United States that can't be resolved through other means...

June 22, 2019

Trump’s Russian Problem

by Melvin Goodman

In two and a half years, Donald Trump and his national security team have managed to worsen virtually every aspect of American national security policy...

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