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Trump’s War on Iran is the obliteration of diplomacy
In our policy journal, David Cortright argues that Trump's repeated launch of military strikes after negotiations have not only failed to secure what the JCPOA achieved, but have made it impossible for other nations to trust negotiations with the United States.
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Arms Without Leverage: Rethinking US Security Assistance to South Asia
Data from Security Assistance Monitor underscores the changing types of arms sold by the US to India and Pakistan, dependencies that shape crisis management.
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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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International Policy Journal
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 Aljazeera to discuss U.S. saying Iran shot their Apache helicopter and retaliated with strikes on Iran. While peace talks continue between Tehran and Washington with Pakistan’s mediation.
Watch Aljazeera’s live coverage:
https://t.co/HuiC9nWRE2
The US-Israel war on Iran is deeply unpopular. Most Americans oppose it and many still don’t understand why it started and why it continues.
I joined @AJEnglish to discuss.
US-Iran escalation may derail final deal as peace talks continue between Tehran and Washington with Pakistani mediation.
I joined @AJEnglish live coverage.
On @nytopinion's @EzraKlein Show, Klein and @mattduss of @CIPolicy—a Ploughshares grantee—explore a question that will likely prove key to the 2028 primary: "What would a left foreign policy look like? What would it actually try to do in the world?"
Matt Duss, Senator Bernie Sanders’s former foreign policy adviser, argues that Democrats need a foreign policy reckoning.
I had the pleasure of joining @borzou on his podcast to discuss the growing backlash against the Iran war in Washington, the Beltway groupthink that led to it, the state of Iran's nuclear program, Lebanon, and what comes next.
Give it a listen:
https://t.co/xXyCpgaScM
⬇️I spoke with @theipaper about a question increasingly shaping the region's future: can the U.S.-led security architecture in the Middle East be sustained indefinitely?
For Tehran, the war has strengthened the argument that it cannot.
I wrote about the Cairo Agreement and the US/E3 missteps at the time back in back in October for @BulletinAtomic:
https://t.co/Z1T63RHKAr
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