PUBLICATIONS

The 2023 Dismantling Racism and Militarism (DRM) in U.S. Foreign Policy conference was held from January 5-7, 2023 at the Pocantico Center in Tarrytown, New York. It was jointly organized by the Friends Committee on National Legislation Education Fund (FCNL EdFund) and the Center for International Policy (CIP). This report summarizes the discussions that took place at the conference.

This policy memo was submitted to the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions in regards to their hearing entitled “Follow the Money: The CCP’s Business Model Fueling the Fentanyl Crisis,” held on March 23, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. The purpose of the memo is to provide accurate data and information about the driving forces and suggested responses to the illicit fentanyl trade, and to better understand the best possible methods to successfully combat the illicit financing fueling the fentanyl crisis.

This fact sheet offers a breakdown of the bills and resolutions pertaining to the illicit fentanyl trade and takeaways about the ongoing congressional debate about how to address illicit fentanyl trafficking and opioid-use disorder.

This brief sets out to investigate the current state of human auctions on social media, particularly Twitter.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been concern for the health of the United States' defense industrial base (DIB) given the unprecedented level of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine.

This factsheet is a collaboration between Brown University’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS), the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) at the Center for International Policy, and InterAction. It provides an overview of key facts, data points, and analysis related to the U.S. partnership with Mali in the context of ongoing civilian protection and humanitarian assistance concerns in the country.

Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, the United States has provided humanitarian, economic, and military assistance on an unprecedented scale. This fact sheet evaluates the cost of US security assistance to Ukraine.

In its continuing efforts to improve transparency around U.S. arms sales abroad, the Security Assistance Monitor (SAM), a project of the Center for International Policy (CIP), is announcing the use of a new data source in order to better monitor arms deliveries.

The U.S. continues to provide approximately $500 million in annual security assistance to Syria and Iraq via the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF). This brief examines CTEF, its costs, its structure, as well as some of the most pressing concerns about the fund’s effectiveness, sustainability, and oversight.

One of the key tools Facebook has used to expand its power in Latin America is its various free services— Facebook Zero, Free Basics, and Discover, all of which offer Facebook (and sometimes access to the internet) for free in certain countries. Given the significant impact Facebook can have on societies, understanding how these tools affect its use in various countries
is important.