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  Ben Freeman Director

  Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative

  Dr. Ben Freeman is the Director and founder of the...

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  Salih Booker executive director

  Salih Booker became the Executive Director of the Center for...

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  Colby Goodman director

  Security Assistance Monitor

  Colby Goodman is the director of the Security Assistance Monitor where...

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  Elizabeth Newhouse director

  Cuba Program

  Raised in Cuba, Elizabeth Newhouse has been directing CIP’s Cuba...

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  William Hartung director

  Arms & Security Project

  William D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project...

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  Laura Carlsen director

  Americas Program

  Laura Carlsen holds a B.A. in Social Thought and Institutions...

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The Center for International Policy promotes cooperation, transparency and accountability in global relations. Through research and advocacy, our programs address the most urgent threats to our planet: war, corruption, inequality and climate change.

We are a nonprofit research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Through advocacy and policy research, CIP promotes transparency and accountability in U.S. foreign policy and global relations.  We advocate policies that advance international cooperation, demilitarization, respect for human rights and action to alleviate climate change and stop illicit financial flows. Our work provides policy recommendations and analysis to decision makers in government, international organizations, the private sector and civil society.

We are Washington insiders with an outsider’s agenda. CIP’s mix of former senior government officials, journalists, academics and activists brings insider’s access, scholarly rigor and media savvy as well as the passion and organizing skills of seasoned activists.  Our programs focus on long-term policy questions while quickly responding to breaking news. Our programs examine the policy implications of important issues, including the drug war, military budget, global financial integrity and climate change.

The Center for International Policy (CIP) was founded in 1975, in the wake of the Vietnam War, by former diplomats and peace activists. CIP’s founders wanted to build on the massive grassroots roots movements that helped end the Vietnam War and to make sure the lessons of the war were not distorted or forgotten. CIP’s mix of experts from inside the government and those from outside by choice has shaped both our methodology and our agenda since our founding.

Today, our four programs continue to strive to achieve advances in U.S. foreign policy that fall in line with our mission: international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights.