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Beyond Maximalism: Reimagining U.S. Strategy Toward Iran Through Systems Thinking
The outcome of the U.S.-Iran war launched in February 2026 “exposed a deeper failure of systems thinking in U.S. strategy toward Iran and the region,” argues CIP Senior Nonresident Fellow Sina Toossi, in a new report supported by Horizon 2045 and Ploughshares.
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Recommit to Restraint in U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy
Recent backsliding in U.S. cluster munitions policy implicates international humanitarian law, breaks with longstanding policy and U.S. commitments, and demands an answer from Congress.
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Support the Iran Ceasefire; End the Disastrous War and a Decade of Failed Policy
Executive Vice President Matt Duss calls on US lawmakers to support a ceasefire agreement with Iran to end this historic and completely avoidable foreign policy disaster, to end the belligerence that made it possible, and to support diplomacy.
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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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![crop from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes his seat across from Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on January 16, 2016, at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, before a meeting about the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action outlining the shape of Iran's nuclear program. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]](https://internationalpolicy.org/wp-content/smush-webp/2026/06/JCPOAKerryZavidlessCrop.jpg.webp)
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TODAY: "Towards a Democratic AI & Digital Sovereignty” Join CIP President and CEO @NancyGEO for a talk on AI and democracy hosted by @broadbent as part of the Road to the 2026 Panamerican Congress.
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I told Aljazeera that US and Iran have entered a volatile phase of parallel diplomacy and deterrence, following the end of immediate fighting.
The MOU ended the immediate fighting, but it did not settle the core disputes. Both sides are now testing its limits on the ground, as
These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel's attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from July 8, 2026.
The wars in Gaza and Iran have fueled serious questions about continued U.S. support for Israel.
Is it time for America to reset relations with Israel? What changes are actually possible?
@mattduss and @aarondmiller2 join @CChivvis to discuss:
For decades, the U.S.-Israel relationship has been one of the close...
As the US and Iran slide back toward war, many are asking why the memorandum is collapsing so quickly.
👇In my latest for the @Guardian, I argue the deal is falling apart because it never resolved the central obstacle that has haunted US-Iran diplomacy for decades: credibility.
Washington is debating what comes after the U.S.-Iran war. But that debate should begin with a more basic question: why have decades of coercion repeatedly failed to produce the outcomes they promised?
My new report for @CIPolicy explores that question.(👇)
The report examines
This purchase "implicates international humanitarian law, breaks with longstanding policy and international consensus, and demands an according response from Congress," argue Mina Nur Basmaci and John Ramminh Chappell in the International Policy Journal
Recent backsliding in U.S. cluster munition policy implicates international law, breaks with longstanding policy, and demands an answer.
Cluster munitions haunt battlefields long after any fighting is over, with some scattered bomblets remaining active for months years or decades, until painstakingly disarmed or tragically detonated. The U.S. stopped purchasing cluster munitions in 2007, but restarted last year.
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