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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  • Damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.

    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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    Putting people and the planet first for nearly 50 years.

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      We Get the Word Out

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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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    Labeling Trump’s approach as “isolationist” obscures the true nature of his foreign policy vision: aggressively unilateral, rejecting multilateral arrangements he views as rigged against the U.S.

    @MattDuss discusses the true nature of Trump's foreign policy on @AJEnglish

    If you're in DC next Monday (5/5), this event is one you don't want to miss. @citrinowicz (in town from Israel) @gbrew24 and @NegarMortazavi will bring nuanced perspectives on a critical topic at an even more critical time.

    🧵Tomorrow's US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman will be the most significant yet.

    Unlike the previous rounds, this will be the first technical expert-level engagement between the two sides.

    A few key things to watch>>>

    "No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for more than seven weeks as all main border crossing points remain closed. This is the longest closure the Gaza Strip has ever faced, exacerbating already fragile markets and food systems." @WFP says food stocks depleted…

    Israel has blocked all food, medicine and other aid into Gaza since it broke the hostage release and ceasefire agreement in early March.

    Starving civilians as a method of warfare is a war crime.

    Continuing to arm Israel while it does so abets that war crime and violates US law.

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