<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">

    <channel>
    
    <title><![CDATA[Advocacy |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgresearch/commentary</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-05-18T14:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
    <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://expressionengine.com/" />
    

    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[50% of the 99%]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/50-of-the-99#When:10:13:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The movement of the 99 percent that began in the United States made visible the human beings who suffer the brutal inequality and injustice of an economic system that, in crisis, required them to sacrifice even more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-17T10:13:08+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Biggest Climate Decision]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-biggest-climate-decision</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-biggest-climate-decision#When:16:43:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is poised to make one of the biggest climate policy decisions of its entire administration]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-16T16:43:33+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Posturing on Plutonium]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/posturing-on-plutonium#When:14:49:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There have been so many bad proposals on defense issues thrown around in the House of Representatives lately it's hard to know where to start]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-15T14:49:10+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five#When:09:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-29T09:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[SEC Now a Year Late on Crucial Transparency Rules]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec-now-a-year-late-on-crucial-transparency-rules</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec-now-a-year-late-on-crucial-transparency-rules#When:13:48:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is the one-year anniversary of the deadline for the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue the final rules for Section 1504 of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-18T13:48:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Defense Industry Scare Tactics Won’t Create Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-industry-scare-tactics-wont-create-jobs#When:17:03:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As indicated by the recent rollout of the House Republican budget strategy, the gloves are off in the battle to define the country’s spending priorities in the run-up to the November elections]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-29T17:03:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Romney&#8217;s Foreign Policy Fantasies: &#8220;Breathtaking Weakness?&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-foreign-policy-fantasies#When:16:31:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a blog post at the web site of Foreign Policy magazine, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney attempts to paint the Obama administration as "soft" on Russia, and on security issues more broadly]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-28T16:31:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Republican Plan: Throw Money at the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/republican-plan-throw-money-at-the-pentagon#When:17:38:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Washington debates about how to reduce the U.S. budget deficit, one agency is trying to get a free ride: the Pentagon. The arms lobby has been running a fear campaign designed to stave off cuts in military spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:38:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Defense Reform Can Fuel Economic Revival]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-reform-can-fuel-economic-revival#When:14:01:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 13 the Obama administration will release the full details of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal. Advocates of higher military spending are already spreading cries of alarm]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-10T14:01:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Fantastic&#8221; Drone Technology Comes to Rescue on the Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border#When:16:21:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Candice Miller, the Republican chair of the House Border and Marine Security Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, is effusive in her praise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), referring to the drones at a March 15, 2011, hearing on Capitol Hill as "fantastic technology" that have proved "incredibly, incredibly successful in theater." As the new chair of the subcommittee that oversees the air operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Miller has become one of the leading Congressional advocates of increased domestic drone deployment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:21:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[ALERT: Spate of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders and Activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/alert-spate-of-attacks-on-human-rights-defenders-and-activists#When:15:54:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexican human rights defenders have been under attack over the past weeks. The murders of Nepomuceno Moreno of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), whose son was forcibly disappeared apparently by government security forces in Sonora]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Asia Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-13T15:54:48+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Defense spending on the chopping block]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-spending-on-the-chopping-block#When:09:29:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William D. Hartung's letter to the editor: Automatic cuts to military spending are not an ideal approach because they interfere with rational planning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T09:29:44+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Cockamamie Iran-Mexico Terrorist Plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cockamamie-iran-mexico-terrorist-plot#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Oct. 12 the New York Times, USA Today and other papers ran front-page stories about the discovery of a plot by Iranians allegedly associated with the Quds Revolutionary Forces of the government to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. by hiring the Mexican drug cartel, the Zetas, to do the job]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drug War Madness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drug-war-madness#When:16:15:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1936, a church group commissioned a film to strike fear in the hearts of young people tempted to smoke marijuana. The film portrayed the supposed dangers of marijuana in wildly exaggerated scenes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T16:15:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Stop Aiding Human Rights Abusers in Bahrain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/stop_aiding_human_rights_abusers_in_bahrain#When:13:17:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While Congress has debated the merits and political legitimacy of the Obama administration's intervention in Libya, other Mideast democracy struggles have received far less scrutiny than they deserve.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-18T13:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements#When:13:52:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Reform Act Deserves Implementation Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now#When:13:48:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was an anti-corruption game-changer tucked into a historic, comprehensive piece of legislation aimed primarily at overhauling the nation's financial regulatory structure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:48:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The High Prices of Nukes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes#When:13:41:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As President Obama and Republicans in Congress go down to the wire in negotiations over a package of budget cuts that would clear the way for raising the debt ceiling, we shouldn't lose sight of one key source of reductions: military spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T13:41:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Prevention as the Best Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense#When:14:13:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama and key members of Congress have finally acknowledged that any deal on the deficit must include reductions in Pentagon spending. The figures being discussed are far too small, but the principle has been accepted.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:13:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[FCPA Under Attack as Court Case Concludes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes#When:14:09:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the UK Bribery Act went into effect this month the U.S. Congress, at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, considers whether to dilute the landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:09:39+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense Cuts Aren&#8217;t All That Deep]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep#When:14:04:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld misses the mark in "The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts" (op-ed, July 1). The $400 billion in cuts proposed by the president are far from deep.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:04:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217; Disappointing Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy#When:14:36:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about the "military-industrial complex," it is time to address the "undue influence" of the Pentagon and the "misplaced power" of the military-congressional lobby.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:36:48+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How America just lost 1 million green(ish) jobs to Europe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how_america_just_lost_1_million_greenish_jobs_to_europe#When:14:26:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Most underplayed economic story of the week: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus "trounced" the traditional U.S. behemoth Boeing at the Paris Air Show, booking a record $50 billion more in orders for new planes. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:26:03+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Should US Quicken Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan#When:14:20:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Barack Obama ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:20:26+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal#When:14:41:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-awaited announcement of atroop drawdown in Afghanistan was in part driven by budgetary ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-28T14:41:09+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Has Obama Lost Environmental Voters?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters#When:14:57:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Al Gore’s Rolling Stone critique of President Obama’s failure to act on the climate crisis is further evidence of ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:57:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: A Tough Act to Follow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow#When:14:51:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA director Leon Panetta soon will become secretary of defense, taking over Washington's largest and most powerful bureaucracy with a budget that amounts to nearly 60 percent of discretionary federal spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:51:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Our Plan Has Not Worked in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan#When:15:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Obama promised ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[After Jonathan&#8217;s meeting with Obama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama#When:15:16:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in Nigerian history a southern minority was declared the President, in the April 2011 elections. In ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:16:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Number One - In Weapons Trafficking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking#When:15:09:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My colleague Jeff Abramson of the Arms Control Association calls it the Obama arms bazaar -- tens of billions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Memo to White House: Closing coal plants is a good thing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing#When:15:20:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration announced the latest in a series of delays on rules that would cut pollution from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog#When:15:25:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the worst days of the cold war, the United States and the Soviet Union learned that their third-world clients ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-14T15:25:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement#When:15:34:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At last Thursday's confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta's nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:34:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Kyl Gone Wild]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild#When:15:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is a long-time opponent of efforts to reduce global nuclear arsenals. Kyl has rarely met a]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Finally, a Legitimate Nigerian Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election#When:15:28:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the vast majority of Nigeria’s 73 million voters, cynicism and resignation are the trademarks of Nigerian politics]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:28:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Corporate Corruption: The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak#When:15:42:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two recently published surveys on corporate corruption indicate that while progress is being made toward a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:42:21+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Measuring Quick Sand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand#When:15:39:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Autumn of 2006, in the western part of Iraq's Anbar Province, US Marine and Army units were taking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:39:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of War Hit Home Politically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically#When:15:45:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Independent Institute has released a timely report on the costs of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-04T15:45:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in Mideast Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade#When:15:48:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama’s evolving policy towards the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa has one glaring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T15:48:34+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[For Gaddafi, a Home in St. Helena]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gaddafi_home_st_helena#When:15:54:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam, who certainly belong in The Hague — but at what cost?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-02T15:54:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Corruption Views: Suspicious Activity Reports &amp; Activity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity#When:15:56:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate will on Thursday debate the pros and cons of extending key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-26T15:56:04+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Horror and Hope Meet Hand in Hand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand#When:16:15:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:15:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Strangelove Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again#When:16:10:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the messages of Stanley Kubrick's anti-nuclear classic Dr. Strangelove is that policy makers can become ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:10:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Gates&#8217; Swan Song: Rhetoric Vs. Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality#When:16:04:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gates, who often talks a good game when it comes to disciplining defense spending, overstated his accomplishments in this realm while understating what needs to be done to get runaway military spending under control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:04:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Colombian HR Defenders Endure Threats, Attacks, Harassment and Illgeal Surveil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment#When:16:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Santos Administration must not only embrace the language of human rights, but also take effective action to guarantee the legitimate work of human rights defenders, essential for freedom of expression and a thriving democratic society]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-23T16:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Envoy Mitchell Sent on Israeli Task that Proved Impossible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible#When:16:18:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's "Special Envoy on Middle East Peace," former Sen. George W. Mitchell, has resigned]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-19T16:18:31+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[What Benazir Bhutto Knew About Bin Laden]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what_benazir_bhutto_knew_about_bin_laden#When:16:33:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto was a friend of mine. I met her in the 1980s, when I was serving on the House Foreign Affairs ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-13T16:33:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[In Texas, Obama Faces Test on Border-Wall Promise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise#When:16:44:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico. Although ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:44:33+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Operation Fast and Furious Threatens Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal#When:16:51:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels – overseen by US government agents – threatens ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-09T16:51:47+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Tortured Logic, Continued]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued#When:16:54:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration got Osama bin Laden through a combination of persistent intelligence gathering, extensive ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-06T16:54:08+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts Censor Facebook Criticism of Palm Oil Cookies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies#When:16:57:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking for a lesson of how not to respond to green consumer demand in the internet age? Check out Girl Scouts USA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-05T16:57:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Encroachment Infuriates, Radicalizes Pakistanis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_encroachment_infuriates_radicalizes_pakistanis#When:17:04:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bin Laden raid is just the latest unilateral encroachment on Pakistani territory. Reports of official pushback are ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-04T17:04:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Now That We&#8217;ve Killed Bin Laden, Let&#8217;s Kill Oil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil#When:10:54:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. military's success in finding and killing Osama bin Laden is a gigantic victory in the war against terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T10:54:23+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Blame Italy for Libya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blame_italy_for_libya#When:11:12:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bombs will no doubt still be dropping next year when Libya marks the passing of a century since its ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:12:48+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? You&#8217;ll LOVE this!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this#When:11:04:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then you’ll love what Senator John McCain and Congressman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pakistani Terrorists Eye U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistani_terrorists_eye_us#When:11:20:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current crisis between Pakistan and the United States centers on one key little-discussed issue: Will Islamabad disarm its most formidable Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) which staged the 2008 attack on Mumbai and now openly threatens to carry its jihad to America?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-26T11:20:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Solidarity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beyond_solidarity#When:11:33:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In our work, our travels, our crossborder families and friendships, we learn to transit between languages, cultures and contexts to support something deeply human–the will to assert life in the face of violence and brutality.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:33:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Is Obama Snuffleupagus?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus#When:11:23:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the Power Shift 2011 climate youth conference, no one expects President Obama to show. If he did, he'd probably get booed by activists angry about his tightening embrace of the oil, coal, gas, and nuclear industries.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Budget Plan: A Scorecard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard#When:11:58:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your article about President Obama’s 12-year deficit reduction plan says that it will cut military spending by $400 bil]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T11:58:11+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons and the Libyan Intervention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nuclear_weapons_and_libyan_intervention#When:13:42:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he faces the US-NATO onslaught in the weeks ahead, will Muammar Qaddafi conclude that he made a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T13:42:01+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Endangered Wolves Sacrificed in Budget Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal#When:12:12:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama stood firm against Republican attempts to repeal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T12:12:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Libyan Intervention Started a Dialogue About Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending#When:13:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T13:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Costliest War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas_costliest_war#When:14:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or more]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-05T14:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Environmentalists Stand up to Obama, Win Big]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big#When:15:00:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under intense pressure from green groups and their members, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-01T15:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[White House Insisting on Clean Air, Clean Water Rollbacks to Pass Budget]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback#When:15:10:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that the White House is insisting to congressional Democrats that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-30T15:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Averting an Indo-Pak Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/averting_an_indo_pak_disaster#When:15:16:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[January 1989. That was the brief interlude of hope when Benazir Bhutto and Rajiv Gandhi, the then-Prime ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-24T15:16:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Massive Coal Mining Expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion#When:15:34:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday an enormous expansion in coal mining that threatens to increase U.S. climate pollution by an amount equivalent to more than half of what the United States currently emits in a year]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:34:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[#Winning in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan#When:16:40:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus is in Washington, D.C., this week and, as expected, we are hearing claims of success ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:40:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How Two 15-year-old Girl Scouts Changed Kellog&#8217;s]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs#When:10:13:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Kellogg’s announced this week that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-14T10:13:43+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: USIP: Worth having, Worth Funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usip_worth_having_worth_funding#When:15:26:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Colman McCarthy would like to make the U.S. Institute of Peace more effective, he should initiate a campaign ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-13T15:26:26+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[A Futile Message to Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-futile-message-to-pyongyang#When:08:36:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[South Korea's air force has been dropping balloons with leaflets into North Korea describing the struggle to oust ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-04T08:36:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[America Builds Pashtunistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-builds-pashtunistan#When:08:40:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Pressures to stop drone attacks on suspected terrorist hideouts in the tribal border regions of Pakistan focus properly ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-28T08:40:05+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Fire Lt General Caldwell Now &amp; End &#8220;Psy-Ops&#8221; Against Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress#When:08:55:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-25T08:55:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[General Engaged in &#8216;Psy-Ops&#8217; Against Senators Should Be Fired Immediately]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme#When:07:52:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-24T07:52:36+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Are Girl Scout Cookies Killing Orangutans?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans#When:09:05:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's Girl Scout cookie season, but Michigan scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva are finding other ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T09:05:49+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Memorial to Purposelessness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness#When:09:09:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the one-year anniversary of the US military offensive into Marjah in Helmand Province in southern]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T09:09:13+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Indonesian Oil Giant Promises Zero Deforestation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation#When:09:25:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T09:25:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Selling the Forests that Saved Britain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain#When:08:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England’s national ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T08:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Why America&#8217;s Sputnik Moment Should Include Trees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week the President unveiled his “Strategy for American Innovation” which details his approach to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Drugs, Guns and Gold]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drugs-guns-and-gold#When:10:24:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rumors spread today about the potential departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, but just last week, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:24:37+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[US Shouldn&#8217;t Interfere with man&#8217;s trial in Pakistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-shouldnt-interfere-with-mans-trial-in-pakistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-shouldnt-interfere-with-mans-trial-in-pakistan#When:10:36:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A pistol-packin' private American security contractor on a motorcycle kills two Pakistani civilians allegedly attempting ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-08T10:36:08+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Budget for Rainforests Puts Obama&#8217;s $1 Billion Pledge At Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk#When:09:18:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both President Obama’s proposed budget and especially House Republican proposals fall significantly short of the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-06T09:18:33+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Free Baluchistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/free-baluchistan#When:09:07:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Islamist nightmare envelops Pakistan, the Obama administration ponders what the United States should do. But the bitter reality is that the United States is already doing too much in Pakistan. It is the American shadow everywhere, the Pakistani feeling of being smothered by the U.S. embrace, that gives the Islamists their principal rallying cry.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-01T09:07:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Mumbai&#8217;s American dead continue to go unavenged]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mumbais-american-dead-continue-to-go-unavenged#When:09:58:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the days of the Barbary pirates, the infant U.S. Navy swiftly avenged attacks on American lives and property. But after six Americans were among the more than 160 killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008, America's leaders wrung their hands and did nothing.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-21T09:58:49+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Murdered Women of Juarez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-murdered-women-of-juarez#When:10:12:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Marisela Escobedo’s life changed forever in August 2008 when her 16-year-old daughter Rubi failed to come home. What was left of Rubi’s body was found months later in a dump -- 39 pieces of charred bone.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Ike&#8217;s Warning Resonates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates#When:10:41:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[50 years later, Obama should learn Eisenhower's lesson about the military-industrial complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-17T10:41:14+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[China&#8217;s North Korean Calculations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chinas-north-korean-calculations#When:10:12:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When President Obama hosts the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, in Washington later this month, North Korea is certain to be high on the agenda. But as in the past, Beijing is likely to use its leverage with Pyongyang only if a major war threatens.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-06T10:12:49+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Perhaps a Good Step in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perhaps-a-good-step-in-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perhaps-a-good-step-in-afghanistan#When:10:59:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At this time details are limited, so it is impossible to know the particulars or the underpinnings of the deal, but there are a few reasons to be optimistic.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-05T10:59:52+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Stabilize Chinese Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-stabilize-chinese-relations#When:12:25:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As fears of a prolonged recession grow, so does the need to stabilize U.S. economic relations with China. 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-09-30T12:25:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How to Leave Afghanistan Without Losing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-leave-afghanistan-without-losing#When:12:40:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As prospects for an early U.S.-NATO military victory in Afghanistan fade and pressures for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces grow, the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-08-25T12:40:41+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How to Exit Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-exit-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-exit-afghanistan#When:12:57:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With the Taliban growing steadily stronger, 30,000 more US troops will not lead to the early disengagement from the Afghan quagmire envisaged by President Obama]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-22T12:57:59+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Bill Richardson or Al Gore?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bill-richardson-or-al-gore#When:14:54:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Diplomatic scenarios for negotiating the release of two captured U.S. journalists now held in North Korea focus on proposed visits by Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, and former Vice President Gore, who founded Current TV, which the journalists represent.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-15T14:54:55+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama Should Give Bush’s Defense Chief the Gate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-should-give-bushs-defense-chief-the-gate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-should-give-bushs-defense-chief-the-gate#When:11:23:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama´s apparent interest in retaining Robert M. Gates as defense secretary]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-25T11:23:14+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Change in Intelligence?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-in-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-in-intelligence#When:11:26:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is sending conflicting signals on whether he intends to change the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-14T11:26:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Normalize and Disarm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/normalize-and-disarm</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/normalize-and-disarm#When:12:30:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[North Korea blinked first in its latest diplomatic showdown with the United States. In return for its]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-29T12:30:19+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[India’s Terrorist Problem]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indias-terrorist-problem</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indias-terrorist-problem#When:15:51:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The main focus of the Bush administration's war on terror has been countering the threat posed by ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-10-17T15:51:18+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Iraq, Bush and the &#8216;Time Horizon&#8217;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-bush-and-the-time-horizon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-bush-and-the-time-horizon#When:15:54:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Iran is never mentioned when President George W. Bush explains what led to his surprising acceptance]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-28T15:54:07+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[How Obama Could Tame Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-obama-could-tame-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-obama-could-tame-iran#When:15:58:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Assume that Barack Obama is elected U.S. president this fall and makes good on his promise to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-26T15:58:14+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Housecleaning Time for the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/housecleaning-time-for-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/housecleaning-time-for-the-cia#When:16:03:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. presidents have been reluctant to reform the Central Intelligence Agency. Often, their first ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-17T16:03:32+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Get a Grip on Dhaka]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/get-a-grip-on-dhaka#When:16:31:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While the CIA and the Pentagon search in Vain for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of northwest]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-02T16:31:38+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[All-out war - or talking?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/all-out-war-or-talking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/all-out-war-or-talking#When:16:43:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Did President Bush recognize that invading Iraq and destroying a dictatorship controlled by the Sunni ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-27T16:43:51+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[New President to Mend EU Fences]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-president-to-mend-eu-fences</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-president-to-mend-eu-fences#When:16:39:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sir, Philip Stephens is right: the time is ripe for better relations between the UK (and Europe) and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-27T16:39:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Working with Iran to Stabilize Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/working-with-iran-to-stabilize-iraq</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/working-with-iran-to-stabilize-iraq#When:16:47:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[International concern over Iran's nuclear program continues to smolder. But from Iran's perspective ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-20T16:47:20+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman&#8217;s Allegiance in Question]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question#When:16:51:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the co-chair of Red to Blue, a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-19T16:51:46+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Time to Talk to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/its-time-to-talk-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/its-time-to-talk-to-cuba#When:16:04:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It had been apparent for some time that Fidel Castro's failing health would not permit him to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-24T16:04:09+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pressuring Pakistan to Curb the Taliban]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pressuring-pakistan-to-curb-the-taliban</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pressuring-pakistan-to-curb-the-taliban#When:16:05:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite growing evidence of Pakistani support for the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, the Bush ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-19T16:05:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[What A.Q. Khan Knows]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows#When:15:52:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Either Kim Jong Il or Pervez Musharraf is lying about whether Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove, Abdul]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-31T15:52:42+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Intelligence Community Learned From Iraq Debacle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-community-learned-from-iraq-debacle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-community-learned-from-iraq-debacle#When:15:49:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S intelligence agencies have concluded in a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran halted its ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-12-06T15:49:16+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Beware Pashtunistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beware-pashtunistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/beware-pashtunistan#When:14:09:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Benazir Bhutto's narrow escape from assassination recently was a grim reminder she'll be lucky to get through the coming election alive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-12T14:09:25+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Close Guantanamo Bay]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo-bay</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/close-guantanamo-bay#When:10:41:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It was not long ago that the issue of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay was a hot topic. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Colin Powell called for the closing of the prison. Even President Bush supported the idea, and rightfully so.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-09T10:41:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Sanctions Won&#8217;t Stop Tehran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sanctions-wont-stop-tehran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sanctions-wont-stop-tehran#When:15:17:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Suppose that the Bush administration abandons its campaign for economic sanctions, tones down talk of war and opens direct negotiations with Iran about its nuclear program.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-10-02T15:17:02+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Guest Comment: Wayne Smith]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/guest-comment-wayne-smith</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/guest-comment-wayne-smith#When:11:32:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Barak Obama's call for the unrestricted travel of Cuban-Americans to visit families on the island was a very smart move. There are a few hard-line Cuban-Americans who will protest, but the great majority of Cuban-Americans are totally in favor of family travel and will applaud Obama.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-28T11:32:35+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Letter to OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-oas-secretary-general-jose-miguel-insulza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-oas-secretary-general-jose-miguel-insulza#When:11:27:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Government of Ecuador has presented to you a formal protest against the aerial herbicide fumigations that Colombia is carrying out]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-01-09T11:27:45+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[London Speech on Balochistan (audio)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/london-speech-on-balochistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/london-speech-on-balochistan#When:14:52:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison's speech on Balochistan at FPC Seminar in London ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-01-01T14:52:24+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Remarks at a Forum on Bangladesh Elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-at-a-forum-on-bangladesh-elections#When:16:03:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “The Bangladesh Elections: Promoting Democracy and Protecting Rights in a Muslim-Majority Country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-17T16:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[In a Test, a Reason to Talk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-a-test-a-reason-to-talk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in-a-test-a-reason-to-talk#When:16:06:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But my conversations with six key North Korean leaders on a recent visit indicated that the test opens up new diplomatic opportunities and should not be viewed primarily as a military challenge.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-10T16:06:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s Article on His Tenth Trip to North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrisons-tenth-trip-to-north-korea#When:16:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The most important news emerging from my recent trip to North Korea is that Pyongyang is planning to unload the fuel rods again in the Yongbyon nuclear reactor to reprocess more plutonium]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-02T16:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Director Selig S. Harrison&#8217;s &#8220;Report on North Korea&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selig-harrison-report-on-north-korea#When:16:36:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig S. Harrison, “Report on North Korea,” presented at the U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, September 28, 2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-28T16:36:12+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by Director Selig Harrison at a Forum on &#8220;India, The United States, and The World&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/remarks-by-director-selig-harrison-at-a-forum-on-india-the-united-states#When:16:39:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Remarks by Selig S. Harrison at a Forum on “India, The United States and The World,” Cosmos Club, Washington. September 27,2006]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-27T16:39:17+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The North Korean Nuclear Crisis and the US-North Korea Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korean-nuclear-crisis-and-us-north-korea-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/north-korean-nuclear-crisis-and-us-north-korea-relations#When:15:48:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The following was prepared for a conference on "The Second Bush Administration and the Korean Peninsula" sponsored by the Sejong Institute]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-01T15:48:00+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[China, North Korea, and the United States]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-north-korea-and-the-united-states</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-north-korea-and-the-united-states#When:15:50:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Testimony Prepared for a Hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on "China’s Proliferation Practices and Role in]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-03-10T15:50:53+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Truth in intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/truth-in-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/truth-in-intelligence#When:11:33:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The resignation of George J. Tenet as CIA director was long overdue, but fundamental steps are essential to allow his successor to control the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-06-08T11:33:11+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[More Arms Are Not What India and Pakistan Need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-arms-are-not-what-india-and-pakistan-need</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-arms-are-not-what-india-and-pakistan-need#When:14:19:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington wants to encourage the search for a South Asian peace that was launched by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of India and President]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-14T14:19:29+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Loopholes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-nuclear-loopholes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pakistans-nuclear-loopholes#When:14:24:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite multiplying evidence that Iran, North Korea, and Libya have obtained their key nuclear technology from Pakistan, the United States continues to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-09T14:24:40+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    
    </channel>
</rss>
