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Center for International Policy
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Advancing a more peaceful, just & sustainable world by centering people & the planet in US foreign policy.

Home of International Policy Journal and UnDiplomatic Pod, The Iran Podcast and Black Diplomats.

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“If we’re trying to maintain primacy by invading countries that pose no threat to us, then we’re clearly on the decline,” Senior Non-Resident Fellow @vanjackson.bsky.social told @polgreen.bsky.social, reflecting on the legacy of U.S. military adventurism

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Opinion | The Thucydides Trap Is Coming for America
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November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
This remains the most prescient piece I've ever published at @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Trump’s Wag The Dog Moment  - CIP
If you want to break up a drug cartel, blowing up a boat does little to accomplish that, unless you believe cartels only own one boat.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
NEW STATEMENT🚨@mattduss.bsky.social responds to reports that the Israeli government is asking the U.S. to succeed the current 10-year MOU with a new 20-year agreement providing even higher levels of military assistance.

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November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
This is the exsct opposite of everything we should be doing, not least of which because the world's two largest economies need a lot of open collaboration to tackle climate change. From @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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🌐A special report by CIP's Security Assistance Monitor outlines recent U.S. arms sales to the UAE, under scrutiny amid reports of UAE weapons supplied to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces committing mass atrocities.

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Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) Special Report on US weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates - CIP
SAM’s Allie Hansen and Ari Tolany detail the volume and type of recent US military equipment sales and deliveries to the UAE, which have come under increased scrutiny amid further reports of the UAE’s...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
As militaries develop and deploy AI systems, they create the possibility of machines asserting power over life and death, without regard for the laws of war and the vital doubt and restraint they require. But what if that "doubt protocol" could be coded in internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Can Complimentary Learning Methods Teach AI the Laws of War? - CIP
Training AI models on edge cases of war offers the possibility of hard-coding compliance with laws or war, or at least necessary doubts.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
Taxpayers are subsidizing arms companies’ stock buybacks and dividends. New research from me:
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Taxpayers bankroll military contractors’ buybacks and dividends
Polygraph | Newsletter n°321 | 3 Nov 2025
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
🌐New analysis from @w2t2impact.bsky.social uncovered how the 1122 Program channels hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to militarize local police with minimal oversight ⬇️ Of 650 agencies using the program, 95% were law enforcement, not emergency services.
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The 1122 Program: Militarizing Police at Taxpayers’ Expense - CIP
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November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Really happy to publish @wesinjapan.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social on the history and future of disaster response internationalpolicy.org/publications...
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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w2t2impact.bsky.social
“Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us under the guise of ‘domestic terrorism.'”

- @nancyokail.bsky.social, President and CEO of @cipolicy.bsky.social, in @commondreams.org

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A Secretive Program Has Let Cops Spend Hundreds of Millions on Weapons of War, Report Shows | Common Dreams
An obscure federal program has allowed local police to be armed with hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of military equipment. "Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us," said the head of t...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Banning nuclear tests was both a moral and strategic decision that secured America’s nuclear lead. Restarting them would prompt others to follow and catch up. ➡️@joecirin.bsky.social in @msnbc.com

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Opinion | Trump is bringing back nuclear testing — and maybe an arms race
The U.S. stopped testing nuclear weapons over three decades ago and all other countries followed suit. If we resume testing, so will they.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
“Failure to take enforcement action against the UAE could condemn hundreds of thousands more civilians to death at the hands of the genocidal forces the Emirates have armed.”➡️
@nancyokail.bsky.social in @truthout.org

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October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
A decades-old federal program meant for “counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response” has become a taxpayer-funded pipeline for militarizing state and local police. @w2t2impact.bsky.social's report rings the alarm in
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An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new report.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Listen 🎧| @vanjackson.bsky.social joined @jeetheer.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s reckless plunge into conflict in Venezuela. 👉@thenation.com

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The Rush to War With Venezuela
On The Time of Monsters: Van Jackson on Trump's reckless plunge into conflict in Latin America.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
New Statement🚨 by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to horrific acts of violence taking place following the fall of El Fasher, Sudan to the UAE-supported Rapid Support Forces.

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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"You can't trust Donald Trump."

"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."

@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.

🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
cipolicy.bsky.social
En un mismo día, EE.UU. bombardea, deporta y compra petróleo a Venezuela. Así se resume la política contradictoria de Washington, dividida entre halcones conservadores y aislacionistas. ➡️@mpaarlberg.bsky.social en @eldiario.es

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América Latina, el patio trasero de Donald Trump
EEUU nunca le soltó el cuello a América Latina, pero Trump aprieta especialmente. El Canal de Panamá, el “Golfo de América”, el despliegue militar frente a Venezuela y la injerencia en Brasil y Argent...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Listen 🎧 | @mattduss and @EmmaShortis discuss Trump’s deployment of troops in the domestic United States, attacks on Venezuela, negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine.

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Trust Trump to be Trump
You may not be able to take the ‘president of peace’ at his word, but you can trust Trump to have his own interests in mind.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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forumarmstrade.bsky.social
Today, 80+ organizations issued statement strenuously objecting to recent changes in firearms exports - available in English y disponible en español - They argue: "Real harm, including to human rights and to U.S. interests, will follow this new rule."
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October 28, 2025 Firearms Export Letter
Letter from more than 80 organizations opposing changes to firearms export rules. (Also available in Spanish.)
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October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
"The credibility of any U.S. foreign policy initiative, by Trump or any president, is undermined by the U.S.'s own internal political crisis, visible to the world," @mattduss.bsky.social told the NYT

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
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October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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mpaarlberg.bsky.social
I was on It Could Happen Here with @jamesstout.bsky.social and @andrewsage.bsky.social talking about regime change disguised as drug enforcement in Venezuela, Petro’s career in Colombia, MCM’s Nobel, and why solidarity should be with people and not states. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Caribbean Roundtable - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p>James is joined by Andrew and Michael Paarlberg to discuss the Trump administration’s campaign of drone strikes against boats in the Caribbean and the regional response.</p> <p><strong>Sources:</st...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
The US has spent over $38 billion since Oct 2023 arming Israel and backing wars against its enemies in the Middle East. Our Military Spending Monitor shows how the US accounts for two-thirds of Israel’s annual arms imports via @commondreams.org

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UN Expert Says All Nations With Ties to Israel 'Responsible in Some Measure' for Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams
A new report by Francesca Albanese, one of the UN's leading experts on human rights in Palestine, says that the dozens of nations around the world with military and financial ties to Israel are "respo...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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dylanwilliams.bsky.social
To be clear, this is Trump not only admitting to using military force without Congress’ constitutionally required authorization, but to committing extrajudicial killings — or in other words, murder.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 23
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
“The Knesset vote may be symbolic, but the expulsion of Palestinian communities and rapid settlement expansion are not,” @mattduss.bsky.social said about Israel's preliminary approval of a bill to annex a settlement city in the West Bank

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Trump to Israel: West Bank annexation could end US support
"It won't happen," President Donald Trump said of annexation.
www.al-monitor.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
A consequence of Trump wanting to deport a million people per year and swell ICE’s ranks by 10,000, as well as there being virtually no accountability in the U.S. national security state

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October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM