A leading progressive voice on US foreign affairs for nearly 50 years.

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    US Policy Recommendations for War in Gaza

    Read our five recommendations for the Biden Administration to take to stop the fighting, end the nightmare faced by Palestinian civilians and Israeli hostages, and ensure the security, rights and well-being of Israelis and Palestinians in the longer term.

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    A Proposal for Gaza Reconstruction

    Palestinian scholar Omar Shaban outlines four integrated elements needed to successfully rebuild Gaza after the fighting stops.

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    Taiwan & Tensions with China: Five Recommendations for US Policy

    The US can best serve Taiwan’s security, and our own, by stabilizing relations with China in a manner that reduces the dangerous tensions that have built up between Washington and Beijing.

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    International Policy Journal

    We are delighted to welcome you to the inaugural issue of the International Policy Journal (IPJ), a platform dedicated to discussing foreign policy priorities within a progressive agenda.

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    Progressive Foreign Policy as a Political Force

    This first event of its kind by CIP marks the organization's recent expansion and revitalized mission to serve as a beacon of principled, actionable foreign policy solutions to today’s challenges.

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The Center for International Policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable U.S. approach to foreign policy.

Our programs provide interdisciplinary, intersectional, and cross-cutting analysis of the true causes and unforeseen consequences of conflict. Crucial to our mission is incorporating the voices of people most affected by U.S. foreign policy in the regions we study. This strategic analytical approach is integrated into all of CIP’s programs to offer alternative solutions to security challenges that are effective and sustainable for our nation, our global community, and our planet.

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    Our impact

    Putting people and the planet first for nearly 50 years.

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      We Get the Word Out

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      We Elevate the Dialogue

    • We Amplify Diverse Perspectives

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    Why we’re here

    The Center for International Policy (CIP) aims to advance a peaceful, just, and sustainable world supported by U.S. foreign policy that puts people and the planet first.

    We work to promote greater transparency, government accountability and advance intersectional and interdisciplinary data-driven solutions to today's global security challenges. Our programs offer sustainable and effective solutions to address the most urgent threats to our planet: war, corruption, inequity, and the climate crisis.

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    Despite often being mislabeled as isolationism, what Donald Trump offers is in fact aggressive unilateralism—in other words, a vision of the United States unbound by rules and unashamedly self-interested, write @NancyGEO and @mattduss.

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    America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of Nostalgia

    Washington needs something better than “America first” and “America is back.”

    A great piece worth reading by @NancyGEO & @mattduss in @ForeignAffairs! The US needs a new foreign policy, neither America First nor America is Back. "Simply put, building a healthy & secure democracy is incompatible w/an endless quest 4 global dominance"

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    America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of Nostalgia

    Washington needs something better than “America first” and “America is back.”

    We here in the US need a positive and hopeful vision for our role in the world. This is it 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Let’s Go! @mattduss @NancyGEO @CIPolicy

    .@NancyGEO & @mattduss call for a bold reimagining of US foreign policy—centered on global cooperation, the common good, and moving beyond outdated strategies that make conflict inevitable.

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    America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of Nostalgia

    Washington needs something better than “America first” and “America is back.”

    Okail and Duss: "Simply put, building a healthy and secure democracy is incompatible with an endless quest for global dominance." imo, we would be so much closer to a more just world if all American policymakers took this ethos to heart

    “Having this revolving door of people who sit on boards of major defense contractors and then cycle in and out of the Pentagon is a problem that did not begin with Trump, but is a problem nonetheless." -- @mattduss

    As I've been saying:

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    Tehran is showing a more “reconciliatory tone” & openness to a deal, @NegarMortazavi tells @TheNewArab @GiorgioCafiero:

    “We’re increasingly seeing Iran signaling that they’re open to talking with the United States, but particularly the next Trump admin."

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    How Iran views the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire in Lebanon

    Analysis: Iran hopes that the ceasefire in Lebanon won't unravel, even if multiple factors indicate a serious risk of that outcome.

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