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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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ANALYSIS | How much has AIPAC’s influence actually waned among Democrats and also Republicans in light of Seyed’s Michigan victory? And does the rhetoric against the pro-Israel group carry risks?
With comment from @mattduss & @DovWaxman:
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s influence has weakened in the Democratic Party and may also be at risk among Republicans.
My comment: “Voters are fed up with an elite establishment that is simply not delivering for them, that doesn’t feel their pain, that doesn’t seem to know or care about their struggles, and that’s part of why Abdul succeeded.”
With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about...
The Democratic Foreign Policy Cartel w/ @mattduss
Matt Duss of @CIPolicy and @UnDiplomaticPod returns to the show, this time to talk about the fragmentation of the Democrats' foreign policy consensus.
https://t.co/jAhVkTj1zf
Biden's team knew what Israel was doing:
@mattduss (former FP advisor for @SenSanders and EVP at @CIPolicy) calls bullshit on Jake Sullivan & co. for now claiming they didn't know what Israel was doing in Gaza after October 7.
Trump is trapped in a war he started, assuming it would be a quick and easy win. But Iran put up a fierce fight. The war is not winnable for the US and most Americans want it to end. But Trump refuses to walk away without victory.
Fantastic book talk last night at @PoliticsProse in DC. Huge thanks to @mattduss for moderating, and for the entire crowd of great (and even very nerdy!) questions on all things anti-corruption and anti-oligarchy.
UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY is available now—go get a copy!
Extremely cool to have a book excerpt in @TPM —not least since that's where I got my journalistic start years and years ago.
An exclusive look from my new book UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY, on what needs to be done to beat back American oligarchy.
This book excerpt is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
My new book is officially here! UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY looks at what oligarchy actually is, and how we got here, and where we're going—and how wealth inequality in the US threatens both democracy and national security alike, and has led directly to the resurgence of empire.
Thrilled to welcome John Chappell as @CIPolicy’s Senior Fellow on nuclear policy, arms control and other crucial issues as we continue to expand our capacity to build a foreign policy that prioritizes diplomacy over militarism.
Read his full profile: https://t.co/WCMIENEVJ7
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