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May 21, 2022
Time for a strategic pause on NATO expansion
By Board Chair Diana Ohlbaum
Europeans and Americans should begin thinking about what kind of cooperative security arrangements would be most likely to deter violent conflict, build positive peace, and promote human development inside and beyond their borders.
March 17, 2022
Symposium: From Iraq to Ukraine, has the media learned its lesson?
Nancy Okail interviewed
For the 19th anniversary of the Baghdad invasion, over a dozen journalists and critics compare coverage then, and today.
January 25, 2022
Amending America's Undemocratic Defense Policy
By Hanna Homestead
Policy Associate Hanna Homestead writes, "The polls are clear: Americans do not want to engage or invest in more war. Yet, most of our elected officials continually choose to maintain the calamitous status quo to our collective detriment."
December 8, 2021
Anti-Boycott Laws Threaten Free Speech + U.S. Arms Enable Saudi Assault on Yemen
William Hartung interviewed
Our William Hartung was interviewed in Parallax Views, a popular progressive podcast, on the war in Yemen and how U.S. arm sales have enabled the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to carry out deadly blockades and bombings on Yemeni people.
December 7, 2021
America Must Stop Enabling The Saudi War In Yemen
William D. Hartung quoted
According to William Hartung, the director of the Arms and Security Program at the Center for International Policy, “the air blockade is enforced by a threat to shoot down any aircraft, military or civilian, that enters Yemeni air space with the goal of landing at Sana’a airport. The provision of air-to-air missiles gives further credibility to this threat, dissuading any government or aid group from bringing in crucial medicines or flying patients in and out of Yemen.”
December 6, 2021
US: New legislation seeks to target foreign funding behind congressional testimony
Ben Freeman quoted
The CIP report [] found that several Middle Eastern countries were among the top foreign donors to Washington-based think tanks. The UAE and Qatar were among the top ten countries donating to these institutions, donating $15.4m and $8.5m respectively, according to the report. Morocco, meanwhile, was included in the top 20 countries with donations totaling $2.8m.
April 5, 2022
Albright and Clinton: Two Peas in a Pod of "Liberal Interventionism"
By Senior Fellow Melvin Goodman
Expert Melvin Goodman writes, " It has been said that Prussia was a state-owned by its army. If you take into account America’s “civilian army” of contractors, consultants, and policymakers, could the same be said for the United States?"
February 11, 2022
US aid to Egypt and the wider failures of American security assistance
By Nancy Okail
CEO and President Nancy Okail argues "The fall of Mubarak 11 years ago should be a reminder that the U.S. hyper-militarized approach has been ineffective and counterproductive."
December 9, 2021
“An Outrage”: House Passes Largest Military Budget in Generations Despite End of Afghanistan War
William Hartung interviewed
“The last thing we need to do is be throwing more money at the Pentagon,” says William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy. “This whole idea that China and Russia are military threats to the United States has primarily been manufactured to jump up the military budget.”
December 8, 2021
Yemen and the U.S.’s massive Saudi arms deal
William Hartung quoted
Mehdi Hasan quoting our report, "Arming Repression: U.S. Military Support for Saudi Arabia, From Trump to Biden." The MSNBC show covers the $650 million arms sale to Saudi Arabia, which will allow the Kingdom to maintain attack helicopters, despite their previous use against Houthis in Yemen.
December 7, 2021
Senate Votes Down Resolution to Block $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudis
William Hartung quoted
Paul Wrote: "According to William Hartung, no weapon is exclusively defensive and continued American arm sales means continued death and starvation in Yemen.”
December 3, 2021
Erdogan Is Focused on His Image. Don't Disturb Him With Femicide
Ben Freeman cited
In October, the Washington-based Center for International Policy published a report detailing Turkey’s lobbying activities, including the companies it hired to promote Turkish policy and the amount of money it paid.