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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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Senior Fellow Sina Toossi’s new piece in The Guardian outlines the implications of the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as the next Supreme Leader of Iran.
Read it at the link in bio.
The United States’ war with Iran is illegal and has no plausible endpoint. The United Nations Security Council did not authorize this military action, and Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States.
“A protracted military presence in Iran, even through proxy arrangements, wold ...constitute one of the largest strategic and humanitarian failures in the history of modern warfare”
Read the full piece by Davit Khachatryan in the International Policy Journal at the link in bio.
Join us for a conversation with leading experts on the possible trajectories of Operation Epic Fury and its broader consequences for the region and beyond.
Featuring: @Hoffman8Jon, @citrinowicz @NegarMortazavi, and @gbrew24.
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | 12 PM EDT
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Since a number of pro-war commentators have revived the claim that Iran’s leaders are intent on triggering the apocalypse, here’s my 2011 @ForeignPolicy piece explaining why that’s ignorant nonsense.
“Frankly, it's mind-boggling that any Democratic lawmaker would consider funding this war. Trump and Republicans are running at full speed into a buzzsaw on kitchen table affordability issues, and this war makes that worse.” -- @dylanotes @CIPolicy
A supplemental funding request for the US military campaign in Iran will face an uphill battle in Congress
Technology will shape the future of war.
But allowing a small group of techno-militarists to shape the rules, with little oversight, is a gamble humanity may not be able to afford.
"The Brave New War Machine" by me & @WilliamHartung in @TomDispatch⬇️
“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us,” said Alex Karp, the CEO ...
“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us.”
-Alex Karp, CEO of a company building AI systems for U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
This is the worldview shaping the new military-tech complex🧵
New @KnowYrEnemyPod: Matt and Sam talk to @mattduss about the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.
Matt and Sam talk to Matt Duss, a leading foreign policy expert on the left, about the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.
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If you’ve recently followed me or want to learn more about my work on U.S.–Iran relations and Iranian politics and society, I’ve just updated my personal website:
As a writer, editor, and researcher, I am deeply passionate about U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, Iran, and human rights advocacy. I am...
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