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Congress Must Stop Trump’s Illegal War on Iran
Congress has neither declared war on Iran, nor authorized the president to engage the U.S. Armed Forces against it. There is no evidence of an imminent threat to the United States by Iran that warrants bypassing Congress and violating the Constitution. Congress must act urgently to restrain the president.
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Operation Epic Fury, Regime Change, and the Collapse of Legal Constraint
In our policy journal, Davit Khachatryan argues that Trump's war with no aim against Iran, like his illegal regime change raid in Venezuela, is an existential threat to international law that demands legal constraints in the US and from outside it.
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Arming and Expanding ICE: The Cost to American Taxpayers and Liberties
If compared to military forces, ICE’s new budget would rank it among the top-funded 15 militaries in the world – an ominous buildup of armed loyalists that Trump is demonstratively deploying alongside other law enforcement and the national guard in cities and states he regards as resisting his authority.
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Curious about what policies can be taken to make the world a better place? Explore the International Policy Journal (IPJ), a platform dedicated to discussing foreign policy priorities within a progressive agenda.
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America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of Nostalgia
In a provocative new essay published by Foreign Affairs, Nancy Okail, President and CEO of the Center for International Policy, and Matt Duss, the organization’s Executive Vice President, present a sweeping critique of the entrenched U.S. foreign policy orthodoxy and lay out a bold blueprint for reform.
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I joined @ABC News tonight to discuss the Iran war: the mounting costs, Iran’s leadership transition, and the kind of end state Tehran may now be pursuing in the conflict.
Center for International Policy's Sina Toossi discusses why they believe Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is a "figure of mystery."
A fantastic event with my friends @NegarMortazavi, @Gbrew24, and @Citrinowicz.
If you were unable to watch it live, check out the recording below.
Matt Duss, exasesor de Bernie Sanders: "La hegemonía mundial es como la cocaína y EEUU tiene que dejarla" GIvMDB
Senior Fellow @SinaToossi in @AlJazeera on how Iran is shifting its diplomatic and military strategy after confronting a war with the U.S. Now that diplomacy and military restraint have failed, the Trump administration may incentivize the new Supreme Leader of Iran to pursue a
👇 New from me in @AJEnglish
After the U.S. left the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran chose “strategic patience,” assuming Washington ultimately preferred stability to war.
That assumption has now collapsed.
The risk is Tehran concludes only nuclear weapons can guarantee its... security.
Senior Fellow Sina Toossi joined @abcnews to give his analysis on the current trajectory of the United States’ war with Iran:
“Trump, even if he’s looking for a diplomatic off-ramp, it’s unclear what Iran will be willing to accept on this stage. […] Iran will likely want to end ...this conflict more on its terms.”
Marco Rubio was once a neocons ‘It’ boy. Now he’s MAGA’s top global lieutenant. Here, @mattduss explores Rubio’s remarkable—and yet not unpredictable—transformation.
Rubio’s transformation may say as much about neoconservatism as it does about the man himself.
My new piece on how Rubio went from neoconservative standard bearer to Trump cup bearer.
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Join @CatoFP today at noon for a conversation with @Hoffman8Jon, @citrinowicz, @NegarMortazavi, and @gbrew24 on the possible trajectories of Operation Epic Fury and its broader consequences for the region and beyond.
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