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    <title><![CDATA[Policy Research | In the Press | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgpress-room</link>
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    <dc:creator>jacob@ciponline.org</dc:creator>
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    <dc:date>2012-05-18T21:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Key NDAA Reforms: Nuclear Weapons Complex Edition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/key-ndaa-reforms-nuclear-weapons-complex-edition#When:17:42:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-18T17:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[British U-turn on US jets damages credibility of UK defence chiefs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/british-u-turn-damages-credibility-of-uk-defence-chiefs#When:14:34:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The cost issue isn't going to go away", writes William Hartung in Prophets of War]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-10T14:34:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones and the Dream of Remote Control in the Borderlands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/drones-and-dream-of-remote-control-in-borderlands#When:11:44:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More broadly, Barry states that that the CBP has failed to offer any documentation to support its claim that the drones are]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T11:44:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Win Without War Statement on the Signing of U.S. – Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-signing-us-afghan-strategic-partnership-agreement#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“We are pleased to continue to hear President Obama express his support for ending the war in Afghanistan,” said Win Without War ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-01T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;This Industry&#8217;s Voice on Capitol Hill&#8217;: The Drone-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voice-on-capitol-hill-drone-industrial-complex#When:11:48:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Atlantic cites Tom Barry for providing background information for their latest drone article]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T11:48:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pope Heads to Cuba After Call for Change]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pope-heads-to-cuba-after-call-for-change#When:16:28:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["They want this [visit] to be constructive and positive in tone," said Wayne Smith on the Pope's trip to Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cuba Project, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T16:28:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Asia Is Up in Arms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/asia-is-up-in-arms#When:18:30:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["U.S. companies have said that they're going to increase foreign sales by 25 percent to offset what they say are deep cuts in Pentagon spending, but which is really just a leveling off," explains William Hartung]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:30:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Evasion Possibly Biggest Drain of Money From Africa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-possibly-biggest-drain-of-money-from-africa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-possibly-biggest-drain-of-money-from-africa#When:18:29:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Globally we have made an estimate that in the cross-border flow of illicit money, the component that stems from bribery and theft by government officials is only about three percent of the global total,” said Raymond Baker]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-22T18:29:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Voz de America&#8221; Interviews Laura Carlsen on Drug Legalization Debate in Central America.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/voz-de-america-interviews-laura-carlsen-on-drug-legalization-debate-in-cent#When:17:30:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen discusses the effects of the drug war in Central America and the current debate over possibly legalizing or decriminalizing drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-21T17:30:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America, Drones, and the Future of Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/america-drones-and-the-future-of-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/america-drones-and-the-future-of-combat#When:12:31:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry said on drone strikes, “The U.S. public, the U.S. Congress and most of the media support these clandestine operations for two main reasons: support for counterterrorism wars and intervention, and the relative lack of risk to U.S. lives.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-20T12:31:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[DPS Outsourced Key Border Security Tasks to Shadowy Private Contractor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/dps-outsourced-key-border-security-tasks-to-shadowy-private-contractor#When:12:48:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Tom Barry, "It would be hard to exaggerate the degree to which Governor Perry and DPS Chief McCraw have outsourced state border-security, homeland-security, and public-safety programs to Washington Beltway contractors."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T12:48:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. and Israel&#8217;s Threats Could Lead to Unpredictable Military Confrontation with Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-and-israels-threats-could-lead-to-unpredictable-military-confrontation#When:12:43:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrival in the U.S. this week, the world’s attention has focused on the repeated threats made by both the U.S. and Israel to launch airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear research facilities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T12:43:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[$128 billion siphoned out of India in a decade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/128-billion-siphoned-out-of-india-in-a-decade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/128-billion-siphoned-out-of-india-in-a-decade#When:16:03:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[International watchdog Global Financial Integrity's (GFI) report on illicit financial flows says nearly Rs 6 lakh crore was illegally siphoned out of India in the decade spanning 2000 to 2009.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-26T16:03:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kim Jong Il Dies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kim-jong-il-dies#When:11:41:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Kim Jong Il has been more than a frontman, but less than the totalitarian leader his father was, able to just issue diktats and do whatever he wanted to do," says Selig Harrison]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-19T11:41:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Developing World Hemorrhaged $903 Billion In Illicit Funds In 2009]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/developing-world-hemorrhaged-903-billion-in-illicit-funds-in-2009</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/developing-world-hemorrhaged-903-billion-in-illicit-funds-in-2009#When:16:03:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Developing countries lost $903 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2009, with China, Mexico and Russia ranking as the top three hemorrhagers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:03:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Despite Global Financial Crisis, Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing World Remain High]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/despite-global-financial-crisis-illicit-financial-outflows-from-developing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/despite-global-financial-crisis-illicit-financial-outflows-from-developing#When:16:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Developing countries lost US$903 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2009 despite the massive slowdown in economic activity which rocked world markets in late 2008, finds a new study by Global Financial Integrity]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-15T16:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ethiopian Illicit Outflows Doubled In 2009, New Report Says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ethiopian-illicit-outflows-doubled-in-2009-new-report-says</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ethiopian-illicit-outflows-doubled-in-2009-new-report-says#When:15:52:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Ethiopia lost $11.7 billion to outflows of ill-gotten gains between 2000 and 2009, according to a coming report by Global Financial Integrity. That’s a lot of money to lose to corruption for a country that has a per-capita GDP of just $365]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:52:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Experts Demand Removal of Terrorist Status of Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-experts-demand-removal-of-terrorist-status-of-cuba#When:16:19:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Wayne Smith, former diplomat and member of the Center for International Policy, the workshop, which meets on Thursday, would clarify the situation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:19:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WisdomTree Local Debt ETF And Emerging Markets&#8217; Bearish Short-Term Outlook: Part 1]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wisdomtree-local-debt-etf-and-emerging-markets-bearish-short-term-outlook</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/wisdomtree-local-debt-etf-and-emerging-markets-bearish-short-term-outlook#When:16:07:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On a side note, Malaysia has a high rate of capital flight. Global Financial Integrity estimates that illicit flows of capital between 2000 and 2008 were $291 Billion]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-01T16:07:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin girds for battle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-girds-battle#When:15:25:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's going to be a very challenging time for Lockheed," says William Hartung, an industry analyst and the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-29T15:25:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Bill Introduced to Crack Down on Abusive American Shell Companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-bill-introduced-to-crack-down-on-abusive-american-shell-companies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-bill-introduced-to-crack-down-on-abusive-american-shell-companies#When:11:45:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Legislation Would Help Prevent Criminals and Tax Evaders from Laundering Their Ill-Gotten Gains, Provide Crucial Information Access for Law Enforcement]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-15T11:45:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Adios, Fidel. Hola, Hugo. Cuba charts new course]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/adios-fidel.-hola-hugo.-cuba-charts-new-course#When:16:47:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“I don’t know what it is about Cuba,” says Wayne Smith at the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based think tank]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-12T16:47:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report on Mistakes of Plan Colombia and Lessons for Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-on-mistakes-of-plan-colombia-and-lessons-for-latin-america#When:17:51:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP, the Washington Office on Latin America and the Latin America Working Group Education Fund release "A Cautionary Tale: Plan Colombia's Lessons for Mexico and Beyond"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T17:51:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget Cuts&#8217; Cost, in U.S. Jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/budget-cuts-cost-in-us-jobs#When:15:12:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung said Pentagon planners need more than a rough estimate of total jobs that might be lost amid budget cuts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T15:12:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hartung Press Release Super Committee Policy Brief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/hartung-super-committee-former-members-lobby-defense#When:13:33:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new policy brief from William D. Hartung explores the mutually beneficial and close ties between the arms lobby and super committee members. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-31T13:33:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[No todo sería miel en TLC de Colombia y Panamá con EEUU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/no-todo-seria-miel-en-tlc-de-colombia-y-panama-con-eeuu#When:15:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Con el acuerdo comercial, los precios internacionales para los agricultores cayeron a la mitad y 2 millones de campesinos fueron empujados hacia trabajos]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-27T15:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, 60s-era CIA Whistleblower, Addresses 200 People at ISU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/mel-goodman-60s-era-cia-whistleblower-addresses-200-people-at-isu#When:12:25:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy and ex-CIA whistleblower, spoke Wednesday evening to a crowd of 200 people]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-20T12:25:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-CIA analyst lays out dangers of US militarization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/ex-cia-analyst-lays-out-dangers-of-us-militarization#When:13:24:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, who joined the agency in the 1960s and is today an author and national security expert, spoke to a standing room-only crowd of about 200 at Illinois State University]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-10T13:24:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[‘The Costs of War’: A Must-Read Study]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/costs-of-war-a-must-read-study#When:17:12:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2000s have seen the highest level of defense spending since World War II, up to over $400 billion dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-23T17:12:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study: Federal Spending on Defense Doesn&#8217;t Create As Many Jobs As Education Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/federal-defense-spending-doesnt-create-as-many-jobs-as-education#When:17:16:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["... maintaining military spending at the expense of other forms of federal expenditures would actually result in a net loss of jobs"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-21T17:16:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing Key Law Could Mean &#8220;License to Bribe&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-key-law-could-mean-license-to-bribe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-key-law-could-mean-license-to-bribe#When:09:42:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti-corruption advocacy organisations including Global Financial Integrity, Transparency International, and the Project on Government Oversight have written letters in support of keeping the FCPA, which applies to U.S. businesses and any businesses trading on the U.S. Stock Exchange and makes it a crime to trade favours for business advantages in countries where multinational companies do business, in its current form. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-17T09:42:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fight Brews Over Anti-Bribery Law as Fines Jump]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fight-brews-over-anti-bribery-law-as-fines-jump</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fight-brews-over-anti-bribery-law-as-fines-jump#When:09:45:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[They're trying to take the teeth out of the FCPA," said Heather Lowe, legal counsel at Global Financial Integrity, a nonprofit organization focused on the cross-border flow of illegal money.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-15T09:45:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Wars Release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/border-wars-barry-release#When:14:22:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry's newest book, Border Wars, blends investigative reporting and policy analysis regarding the politics of homeland security ten years after 9/11.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-12T14:22:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is There a Desirable Jobs Benefit in DOD Spending?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/is-there-a-desirable-jobs-benefit-in-dod-spending#When:17:14:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-08T17:14:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former State Department Official Matthew Hoh Talks About Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/matthew-hoh-talks-about-afghanistan#When:12:38:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh, who in 2009 famously quit his State Department post in Afghanistan to protest U.S. strategy there, spoke on August 11th as part of the Dallas Peace Center’s dinner lecture series, and he didn’t mince words about how he thinks the war in Afghanistan is going. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:38:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Post 9/11, US Economy Pays Steep Price]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/post-9-11-us-economy-pays-steep-price#When:12:26:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The war in Iraq, which had nothing to do with terrorism, was a huge price to pay to get rid of one dictator," William Hartung, a defense expert at the New America Foundation, told AFP.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-18T12:26:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[N. Korea Talks May Be a Last Chance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/n.-korea-talks-may-be-a-last-chance#When:11:38:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The North Koreans "have made a strategic decision," said Selig S. Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-25T11:38:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why US is Shifting Nuclear Stand With India]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/why-us-is-shifting-nuclear-stand-with-india#When:11:47:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Yes, this does look at India on an individual basis, but it also rewards a worthy country for its very good performance on nuclear proliferation, and in that sense it reflects a desirable change in US policy," says Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-20T11:47:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Dems Push for Big Shift in Colombia Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-dems-push-for-big-shift-in-colombia-aid#When:11:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, who tracks Colombia aid at the Center for International Policy in Washington, called the proposed aid package "a very significant change in direction."
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-07T11:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How US Sanctions in Sudan Will Work]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-us-sanctions-in-sudan-will-work</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/how-us-sanctions-in-sudan-will-work#When:12:05:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It is potentially a very strong tool," says Raymond Baker of the Center for International Policy in Washington. "An awful lot of foreign institutions will look at that list and say, well, we don't want to take the chance that we will end up violating US law."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-30T12:05:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Glenn Hurowitz on PBS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/glen-hurowitz-on-pbs#When:17:57:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gwen Ifill discusses what Mr. Obama has and hasn't done with The Center for International Policy's Glenn Hurowitz.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T17:57:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carbon Offset Protocols]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/carbon-offset-protocols</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/carbon-offset-protocols#When:13:59:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[New protocols for avoided deforestation projects promise to change the way forest carbon projects are developed and attract millions in new investment, according to Avoided Deforestation Partners.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-15T13:59:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Challenges and Opportunities Confronting Evo Morales]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/challenges-and-opportunities-confronting-evo-morales</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/challenges-and-opportunities-confronting-evo-morales#When:15:36:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both the director of the Center for international Policy and the Bolivian ambassador to Washington said that the cuts are likely to antagonize the Bolivian Military. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-20T15:36:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fifty Years After Eisenhower&#8217;s Farewell Address, a Look at &#8220;Prophets Of War&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/a-look-at-prophets-of-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/a-look-at-prophets-of-war#When:15:30:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, A Look at "Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-20T15:30:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Modern Military-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-modern-military-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-modern-military-industrial-complex#When:11:26:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung discusses Congress, Lockheed Martin, and what we can learn from Eisenhower's farewell address]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-20T11:26:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Book: &#8216;Military Industrial Complex&#8217; is Bigger Than Ever]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-book-military-industrial-complex-is-bigger-than-ever</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-book-military-industrial-complex-is-bigger-than-ever#When:10:50:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The nation's largest government contractor gobbles up some $260 from each and every taxpaying household, according to a new book that chronicles the history of Lockheed Martin.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-19T10:50:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Report Measures the Cost of Crime, Corruption, and Trade Mispricing in Developing Countries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/new-report-measures-cost-crime-corruption-trade-mispricing-developing#When:23:13:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity (GFI) released its annual analysis of the cost of crime, corruption, and trade mispricing on developing countries today.  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-18T23:13:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fifty Years of the Military Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fifty-years-of-the-military-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/fifty-years-of-the-military-industrial-complex#When:15:27:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[*



Today is the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s farewell speech in which he warned, "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex." But what was the military industrial complex initially?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-17T15:27:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin and the Military-Industrial Complex]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-and-the-military-industrial-complex</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/lockheed-martin-and-the-military-industrial-complex#When:10:56:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung, director of the New America Foundation's Arms and Security Initiative, discusses the history of Lockheed Martin—the nation's largest weapons contractor.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-07T10:56:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP: Bolivia: Coming to Terms with Diversity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-bolivia-coming-to-terms-with-diversity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-bolivia-coming-to-terms-with-diversity#When:13:44:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Garcia Linera says the conflicts are to be expected, as Bolivian society takes on "the two conquests of equality"—political rights for indigenous peoples and economic equality through a redistribution of national wealth.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-08T13:44:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bohai Oil and North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bohai-oil-and-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bohai-oil-and-north-korea#When:12:07:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some North Korea experts say a "strong North Korea" would lead to a "flexible North Korea." Selig Harrison of the U.S. Center for International Policy once said that if you want to see Pyongyang change, it needs to be able to have oil.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-09-09T12:07:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Mercenary Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-mercenary-revolution#When:10:47:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the magnet now. Everything is being attracted to these private companies in terms of individuals and expertise and functions that were normally done by the intelligence community,” says former CIA division chief and senior analyst Melvin Goodman.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-15T10:47:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Word War II-Era Mine Discovered]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/word-war-ii-era-mine-discovered</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/word-war-ii-era-mine-discovered#When:14:17:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Melvin Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, says old weapons are found on a fairly regular basis. Goodman says it is unlikely that the device would still be opertive.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-09T14:17:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video: The Power of Nightmares]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/the-power-of-nightmares#When:14:03:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Melvin Goodman describes the beginning of the mythological "war on terror" under Ronald Reagan.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-06T14:03:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Manual Eradication of Coca Crops]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/manual-eradication-of-coca-crops</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/manual-eradication-of-coca-crops#When:10:51:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["One reason for drawing it down is there will be less money for it coming out of Congress, but even the hard-line Colombians were never that thrilled with fumigation," said Adam Isaacson of the Center for International Policy, which monitors Plan Colombia spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-08-03T10:51:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s Call for Economic Detente]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cubas-call-for-economic-detente#When:10:54:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["These statements seem to be innovative, to be carrying them toward new initiatives," Wayne Smith, an analyst at the Center for International Policy and a former chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, said in an interview from his Washington office.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-27T10:54:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia Hits Top Cartels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-hits-top-cartels</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-hits-top-cartels#When:10:59:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Fumigation has proved able to reduce coca-growing in a specific zone for a specific period of time. But outside that zone and even in the same zone after the spray planes go elsewhere coca cultivation always increases," said Adam Isacson at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-20T10:59:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo and the Semantics of Terror]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/guantanamo-and-semantics-of-terror#When:11:12:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a COHA interview with Jennifer Schuett of Washington’s Center for International Policy, she asserted that the operations at Guantanamo chronically have been conducted, under what is nothing more than a “façade of justice.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-10T11:12:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Colombia-Afghanistan Connection]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-afghanistan-connection</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombia-afghanistan-connection#When:11:09:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“Adam Isaacson, a Colombia expert at the Center for International Policy, a Washington think-tank, told the BBC that Plan Colombia had been a "perfect failure" in its fight against drugs. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-08T11:09:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Evasion Taskforce to Probe UK]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-taskforce-to-probe-uk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tax-evasion-taskforce-to-probe-uk#When:11:16:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, director of Global Financial Integrity and an expert on money laundering, said: 'For the first time in 200 years we have an integrated global structure in the Square Mile and Manhattan whose basic purpose is to shift money from the poor to the rich.']]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-30T11:16:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keeping an Eye on Communism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/keeping-an-eye-on-communism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/keeping-an-eye-on-communism#When:11:18:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When a young analyst of Soviet affairs named Melvin A. Goodman started work at the CIA in 1966, he was ushered into a room to read special collections of reports on the Soviet Union and China.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-27T11:18:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Private Firms Get Half U.S. Colombia Aid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/private-firms-get-half-us-colombia-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/private-firms-get-half-us-colombia-aid#When:11:55:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['The drug war in general, but Colombia in particular, was the testing ground for the use of military contractors,' said Adam Isacson, an analyst with the liberal Center for International Policy think tank.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-15T11:55:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Human Rights in Islam]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/human-rights-in-islam#When:11:51:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The same intractable problem has been created in Afghanistan, according to Selig Harrison, who was the long-time South Asia bureau chief at the Washington Post and is now Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-13T11:51:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The State of Columbia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-of-columbia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/state-of-columbia#When:14:30:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The third most populous country in Latin America is also the recipient of the most U.S. aid in that region. We explore the state of things in Columbia, as well as the relationship between that country and the U.S., with Adam Isacson of the Center for International policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-07T14:30:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Terrorism Funds Enlisted in War on Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anti-terrorism-funds-enlisted-in-war-on-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/anti-terrorism-funds-enlisted-in-war-on-drugs#When:12:01:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's been a largely marginal impact on the ground," Adam Isacson, director of the Center for International Policy's Demilitarization/Colombia program, told ICIJ.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-06-07T12:01:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Antidrug Efforts Fall Short]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/antidrug-efforts-fall-short</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/antidrug-efforts-fall-short#When:12:11:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["In 2005, more coca was grown in Colombia than they had in 2000, when Plan Colombia started," said Adam Isacson, a Colombia analyst for the Center for International Policy, a Washington think tank. "They can say, 'Look how much more coke we'd have without fumigation,' but that sounds pretty lame."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-05T12:11:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Scandal Damages Bogotá’s Trade Aim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-scandal-damages-bogotas-trade-aim</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/military-scandal-damages-bogotas-trade-aim#When:12:09:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isaacson, a Colombia specialist at the Center for International Policy, said: “The Democrats are not going to walk away from Colombia on drugs but FTA is a big problem. There is no way they would win the vote for FTA right now. They just don’t have the support for it.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-01T12:09:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Cocaine Prices Drop, Purity Rises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cocaine-prices-drop-purity-rises</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-cocaine-prices-drop-purity-rises#When:12:15:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['When the data show a brief rise in cocaine prices, the drug czar holds a high-profile press conference,' said Adam Isacson, an analyst at the Washington-based Center for International Policy. 'But when the trend goes back down again, the drug czar sends it in a letter to one senator. Why is that?']]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-04-27T12:15:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea and the Global Nuclear Weapons Threat, Selig Harrison interviewed on The Diane Rehm Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-and-global-nuclear-weapons-threat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-and-global-nuclear-weapons-threat#When:14:33:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy, discusses North Korea and the global nuclear weapons threat on the Diane Rehm Show

]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-10-18T14:33:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Havana Has No Electricity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-diplomatic-mission-in-havana-has-no-electricity#When:15:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Interests Section chief Wayne Smith, now a critic of U.S. policies on Cuba, says that kind of campaign is triggered by provocation - like the electronic billboard that the U.S. mission hung on the side of its building earlier this year to show anti-Castro messages.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-12T15:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Entrevista Uribe - Bush, para Reafirmar la Alianza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/entrevista-uribe-bush-para-reafirmar-la-alianza#When:15:31:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[En Washington, dice Adam Isacson, del Centro para la Política Internacional "nadie quiere antagonizar con Uribe tras su sólida reelección".]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-06-10T15:31:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[¿Valió la pena?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/valio-la-pena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/valio-la-pena#When:15:46:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Para Adam Isacson, director del Centro de Política Internacional, “Washington le dijo no al presidente Uribe”.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-19T15:46:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latin Americans Disappointed with Democracy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-americans-disappointed-with-democracy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/latin-americans-disappointed-with-democracy#When:15:43:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Aside from Chavez, many of the region's leftist leaders are quite moderate, insists Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-19T15:43:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. AID Rice: Not slighting Americas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-aid-rice-not-slighting-americas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-aid-rice-not-slighting-americas#When:15:56:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Overall, the requested budget includes a 3 percent decrease in aid, from $1.52 billion to $1.47 billion, according to the Center for International Policy, a group that tracks U.S. government spending in Latin America and is generally critical of the Bush administration. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-16T15:56:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[La Reducción de la Ayuda Militar es Vista Como un Chantaje]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/la-reduccion-de-la-ayuda-militar-es-vista-como-un-chantaje</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/la-reduccion-de-la-ayuda-militar-es-vista-como-un-chantaje#When:16:24:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[´Dichas fuerzas siguen siendo poderosamente independientes´ y no son un aliado natural de Morales, dijo Adam Isacson, del Centro de Estrategia en Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-12T16:24:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poco Presupuesto para el Militarismo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/poco-presupuesto-para-el-militarismo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/poco-presupuesto-para-el-militarismo#When:16:01:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[En años recientes. Bolivia ha enviado entre 50 y 100 oficiales al año a dicha escuela, según Adam Isacson, el director de programa del Centro de Estrategia Internacional, mismo que sigue de cerca la ayuda militar destinada a Latinoamérica.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-10T16:01:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Budget Would Cut Military Aid to Bolivia by 96 Percent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-budget-would-cut-military-aid-to-bolivia-by-96-percent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/bush-budget-would-cut-military-aid-to-bolivia-by-96-percent#When:16:12:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent years, Bolivia has sent between 50 and 100 officers a year to the school, said Adam Isacson, program director for the Center for International Policy, which tracks military aid to Latin America.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-09T16:12:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cooperación de EE.UU. para Lucha Antidrogas Decrecerá 43% en Dos Años]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cooperacion-de-ee.uu.-para-lucha-antidrogas-decrecera-43-en-dos-anos</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cooperacion-de-ee.uu.-para-lucha-antidrogas-decrecera-43-en-dos-anos#When:16:15:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, director del Centro de Políticas Internacionales (CIP, por sus siglas en inglés), señala que el gobierno de Bush está “infeliz” por “la falta de colaboración” del gobierno ecuatoriano con el colombiano en los controles de grupos insurgentes en la frontera binacional.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-08T16:15:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombia&#8217;s Failing Democratic Process]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-failing-democratic-process</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/colombias-failing-democratic-process#When:16:19:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Adam Isacson of the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy, “Colombia’s paramilitary groups appear to be increasing their power, even as they ‘demobilize.’ One key path to greater power has been Colombia’s electoral process.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-02-06T16:19:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing the Drug War Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-the-drug-war-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/changing-the-drug-war-debate#When:16:28:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Morales must make clear to the U.S. that while he advocates coca, he will do what it takes to stop cocaine from being manufactured in Bolivia," said Adam Isacson of the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-26T16:28:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. policy on Bolivia questioned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-policy-on-bolivia-questioned</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-policy-on-bolivia-questioned#When:16:31:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But the Bush administration has asked Congress to trim its assistance to Bolivia by 5 percent rather than increase it, said Adam Isacson, a Latin America expert at the Center for International Policy in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-01-22T16:31:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Korea Dreams of Oil-Funded Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-dreams-of-oil-funded-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/north-korea-dreams-of-oil-funded-security#When:16:45:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“If we want to see Korea evolve from a military dictatorship, as happened in China, then it is desirable that they be allowed to look for oil,” said Selig Harrison of the Washington-based Centre for International Policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-12-06T16:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Umbrella and the Mushroom: Realism and Extremism on North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/umbrella-mushroom-realism-extremism-on-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/umbrella-mushroom-realism-extremism-on-north-korea#When:10:50:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As of early 2005, the highly placed and experienced Selig Harrison pronounced the evidence still inconclusive, based on a deliberate favoring of "worst case scenarios."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-30T10:50:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Army Fights Back: The PR Plan for the Pentagon&#8217;s &#8220;Demonstration Village&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pr-plan-for-pentagons-demonstration-village</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/pr-plan-for-pentagons-demonstration-village#When:10:56:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, a senior associate at the Center for International Policy in Washington DC, said it's no surprise that WHINSEC's initial outreach fell flat. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-24T10:56:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Leader Vows to Cut US Antidrug Work]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelan-leader-vows-to-cut-us-antidrug-work</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/venezuelan-leader-vows-to-cut-us-antidrug-work#When:11:01:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Adam Isacson, Latin-American security specialist at the Washington-based Center for International Policy, an independent think tank, said ''that border has always been a sieve" because of poor policing by both Venezuela and Colombia, ''and a few DEA guys weren't going to do much about that, anyway." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-19T11:01:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kolbe Making a Mark in Foreign Aid Arena]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kolbe-making-a-mark-in-foreign-aid-arena</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/kolbe-making-a-mark-in-foreign-aid-arena#When:11:08:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[But not everyone is satisfied. Adam Isacson, a senior associate with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for International Policy, criticized Kolbe as "a very inflexible character" who "gets his instructions from the Bush administration and the House leadership."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-14T11:08:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Plays Both Venezuela Sides]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-plays-both-venezuela-sides</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-plays-both-venezuela-sides#When:11:10:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["It's a bizarre working at cross- purposes," says Adam Isacson, who follows Venezuela for the left-leaning Center for International Policy in Washington. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-08T11:10:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[United States Appoints Coordinator for Overthrow of the Cuban Revolution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/u.s.-appoints-coordinator-for-overthrow-of-cuban-revolution#When:11:13:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is the most absurd appointment that I have seen in my life,” Wayne Smith, of the Center for International Policy, told DPA in Washington.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-08-02T11:13:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Comrades &amp; Capitalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-capitalists</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/comrades-capitalists#When:11:27:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The economic reforms were launched quietly in July 2002--just before the nuclear crisis erupted. Selig Harrison of the Center for International Policy, a frequent visitor to the North, calls the process "reform by stealth." ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-30T11:27:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[STAR WARS: The Sequel and the Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/star-wars-sequel-and-reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/star-wars-sequel-and-reality#When:11:51:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Craig Eisendrath, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, outlined the post-World War II history of missile defense. Eisendrath explained the post-war yearning for merging "rocket technology with nuclear capability." Eisendrath insists that the same issues of miscalculation, hair-trigger defense systems and decoy problems that led the U.S. and the former Soviet Union to sign the 1972 Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty remain today. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-20T11:51:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Official: Reduce Cuba Tensions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/former-official-reduce-cuba-tensions#When:11:40:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[''They want to get this story off the radar screen,'' said Sarah Stephens, who heads the Center for International Policy's Freedom to Travel Campaign, an advocacy group that argues for more contact with the island.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-18T11:40:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seoul&#8217;s Warning to the US on Pyongyang]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/seouls-warning-to-the-us-on-pyongyang</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/seouls-warning-to-the-us-on-pyongyang#When:11:57:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The AEI-North Korea issue is a retread of past positions by all of its authors. Nicholas Eberstadt's call for the US to 'work around' the Roh Moo-hyun government was first made in The Weekly Standard [another neo-con publication] nine months ago and contained an implicit call for CIA support of Roh's rivals that is softened in this article," said Selig Harrison, author of Korean Endgame. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Quotes,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-07-15T11:57:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Circling the Wagons: Tomorrow&#8217;s House Hearing on Plan Colombia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tomorrows-house-hearing-on-plan-colombia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/tomorrows-house-hearing-on-plan-colombia#When:09:53:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It has been five years since Congress approved Plan Colombia, a big package of “emergency” aid to Colombia. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-05-10T09:53:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary Rice in Colombia: How to Make the Most of a Brief Visit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sec-rice-in-colombia-how-to-make-the-most-of-brief-visit</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/sec-rice-in-colombia-how-to-make-the-most-of-brief-visit#When:13:49:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will spend a few hours in Colombia on Wednesday, April 27, as part of a visit]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-22T13:49:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Want to Abolish Colombia &#8220;Troop Cap&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-republicans-want-to-abolish-colombia-troop-cap</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/house-republicans-want-to-abolish-colombia-troop-cap#When:15:17:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has asked Congress to increase a four-year-old limit on the number of U.S. military personnel and contractors]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-05-11T15:17:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq Explodes in Violence as Sunnis and Shiites Rise up to Oppose U.S. Occupation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/iraq-violence-sunnis-shiites-us-occupation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/iraq-violence-sunnis-shiites-us-occupation#When:13:48:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with former CIA analyst Mel Goodman, a professor at the National War College and author of the book, "Bush League Diplomacy." Goodman assesses the dangers ahead for the U.S. military in Iraq, whose citizens are ever more hostile to continued U.S. occupation.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-04-13T13:48:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S., Colombia Look to Expand Military Ties]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-colombia-look-to-expand-military-ties</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/us-colombia-look-to-expand-military-ties#When:13:54:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Colombian President Alvaro Uribe visits Washington, D.C, seeking assurances of continued American military aid. A U.S. program that gives Colombia's armed forces about $10 million a week to help battle drugs and terrorism is due to expire next year.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-03-23T13:54:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A; Finding a Way Out With North Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/finding-a-way-out-with-north-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/finding-a-way-out-with-north-korea#When:14:30:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Is United States policy easing or heightening tensions on the Korean peninsula? Selig S. Harrison speaks with Felicia R. Lee about the latest developments.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Policy Research, Interviews,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-06-07T14:30:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP Statement on Reinstatement of FARC Talks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-on-reinstatement-of-farc-talks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/statement-on-reinstatement-of-farc-talks#When:16:36:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy expresses its relief at the apparent revival of the peace process between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla insurgency, announced shortly after 5:00 PM on January 14.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2002-01-14T16:36:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP Statement on the Cutoff of Aid to Colombia&#8217;s 12th and 24th Brigades]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-statement-on-the-cutoff-of-aid</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/press-room/article/cip-statement-on-the-cutoff-of-aid#When:15:38:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy has been quite critical of U.S. policy toward Colombia over the past year. It is a pleasure to highlight an action that deserves praise.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Press Releases,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2000-09-29T15:38:30+00:00</dc:date>
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