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    <title><![CDATA[Research | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cowboys and Indians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cowboys-and-indians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cowboys-and-indians#When:09:38:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As tensions rise in Chihuahua over water, farmers take to the streets in protest of the government's failure to protect their rights]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-06-03T09:38:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hagel&#8217;s Strategic Review: A Reasonable US Defense Posture?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hagels-strategic-review-a-reasonable-us-defense-posture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hagels-strategic-review-a-reasonable-us-defense-posture#When:10:05:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Carl Conetta offers his insight to safely reducing US defense spending, freeing up more than $70 billion for debt reduction]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-29T10:05:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Sooner the US Exits Afghanistan, the Better]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-sooner-the-us-exits-afghanistan-the-better</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-sooner-the-us-exits-afghanistan-the-better#When:11:12:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no military solution to Afghan political problems. Staying longer only costs more lives and money]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T11:12:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Another Voice: Schumer’s push for program in New York is off-target]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/schumers-push-for-program-in-new-york-is-off-target</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/schumers-push-for-program-in-new-york-is-off-target#When:10:59:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If the Pentagon goes ahead with an East Coast missile defense system, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wants it to be based in New York State]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T10:59:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magic and Realism in a Homemade Chihuahua Museum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/magic-and-realism-in-a-homemade-chihuahua-museum</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/magic-and-realism-in-a-homemade-chihuahua-museum#When:10:03:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Through a visit to a homemade museum in Chihuahua, Tom Barry explores the region's water crisis from a different angle]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T10:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Continuing Plight of the Cuban Five and Continuing Disappointment with the Administration&#8217;s Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-continuing-plight-of-the-cuban-five-and-continuing-disappointment-with</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-continuing-plight-of-the-cuban-five-and-continuing-disappointment-with#When:14:51:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wayne Smith follows up on a previous CIP study examining the case of the Cuban Five and the effect it has had on U.S.-Cuba relations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Policy Research, Policy Brief,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-20T14:51:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security#When:11:57:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarization of border control, especially in the management of the border drone program]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-19T11:57:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Diplomacy empowers Obama’s Syria strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/diplomacy-empowers-obamas-syria-strategy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/diplomacy-empowers-obamas-syria-strategy#When:12:47:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the Financial Times, Harry Blaney outlines options the U.S. can pursue in regards to Syria]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Middle East, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-16T12:47:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Real Benghazi Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-real-benghazi-scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-real-benghazi-scandal#When:09:45:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the light of the "Benghazi Scandal," Goodman explores other CIA debacles, stressing that the decline of the CIA and intelligence community can be corrected by one thing: the truth]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-15T09:45:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to Stop Nuclear Proliferation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-stop-nuclear-proliferation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-to-stop-nuclear-proliferation#When:10:07:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The nuclear imbroglio with North Korea has cooled off considerably, and the nuclear issues with Iran remain on the back burner.   At home, however, there is a new nuclear concern that involves the removal of 17 Air Force officers in April 2013 assigned to stand watch over nuclear-tipped Minuteman missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-10T10:07:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing Perspectives on U.S.-Mexico Relations Article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations-article</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations-article#When:09:51:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s unfortunate that the two presidents chose to hold their May 2-3 summit in Mexico City. Both nations and Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto would have been better served by a meeting at the border—where the grim reality of neighborly relations would not be masked by the pomp and circumstance of the grand presidential residence of Los Pinos]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-07T09:51:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing Perspectives on U.S.-Mexico Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations#When:12:03:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry offers policy recommendations for the meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Brief,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-01T12:03:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Death of &#8220;Sustainability&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-death-of-sustainability</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-death-of-sustainability#When:11:20:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Can destroying a tropical rainforest be “sustainable”?  ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-26T11:20:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blowback and the Cycle of Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blowback-and-the-cycle-of-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/blowback-and-the-cycle-of-violence#When:09:32:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States and the Central Intelligence Agency have never acknowledged the potential for “blowback,” or negative fallout, from their military and covert actions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-26T09:32:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bob Edgar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bob-edgar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bob-edgar#When:09:22:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Bob Edgar, and express our condolences to his family]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-25T09:22:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Over the Homeland]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland#When:11:19:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A report exploring how politics, money and lack of oversight have sparked drone proliferation, and what we can do about it]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-23T11:19:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bravo for Tunisia: Hope Springs Eternal-for-tunisia-hope-springs-eternal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bravo-for-tunisia-hope-springs-eternal-for-tunisia-hope-springs-eternal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bravo-for-tunisia-hope-springs-eternal-for-tunisia-hope-springs-eternal#When:14:02:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[$28.8 million, of potentially $17 billion, in stolen assets have been recovered from bank account of former Tunisian dictator Ben Ali's wife, and will be returned to people of Tunisia]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-19T14:02:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America is a Smuggler Nation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-is-a-smuggler-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-is-a-smuggler-nation#When:15:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter Andreas' new book, Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, offers lessons and advice on fundamental policy challenges that the U.S. struggles with today, says Tom Barry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-16T15:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Haven Menace Must Be Addressed By Congress 2]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-haven-menace-must-be-addressed-by-congress-2</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-haven-menace-must-be-addressed-by-congress-2#When:15:06:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tax havens are a menace to economies all over the world -- the U.S. economy in particular. Being one of the easiest countries in which to set up a tax haven, the U.S. loses $150 billion per year in tax revenue to offshore tax haven abuse]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-16T15:06:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Three Leadership Steps for Peace in Korea]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/three-leadership-steps-for-peace-in-korea</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/three-leadership-steps-for-peace-in-korea#When:14:13:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Charles Knight recalls the Cold War era Soviet threat and points out Kim Jong Un's youth and vulnerability and Chinese interests to recommend 3 strategy platforms the Obama administration should use to handle North Korean aggression]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Asia, North Korea, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-15T14:13:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cut Nukes Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-nukes-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-nukes-now#When:12:09:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration should cut nuke numbers to enhance U.S. national security and simultaneously add billions to the budget]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-15T12:09:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rapprochement with Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rapprochement-with-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rapprochement-with-cuba#When:13:49:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A conference of those in favor of a more progressive U.S.-Cuba policy leaves attendees hopeful for changes in the future]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Cuba, Conference Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-08T13:49:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hagel&#8217;s First Step on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hagels-first-step-on-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hagels-first-step-on-defense#When:15:43:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his first major address, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expresses practical goals for handling defense priorities in the wake of the sequester]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-03T15:43:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Coming Water Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-coming-water-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-coming-water-wars#When:15:11:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Small farm owners in the arid northern regions of Mexico are mobilizing to protect their water sources, which are gradually becoming depleted by the vast agribusinesses of the area's Mennonite farmers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-02T15:11:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Globalisation and Illicit Financial Flows Widen Inequality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/globalisation-and-illicit-financial-flows-widen-inequality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/globalisation-and-illicit-financial-flows-widen-inequality#When:10:29:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If income inequality increases further in some countries, social and political stability may suffer]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Asia, Europe & Russia, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-26T10:29:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Raise Banner of Women’s Rights in Honduran Popular Movement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-raise-banner-of-womens-rights-in-honduran-popular-movement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-raise-banner-of-womens-rights-in-honduran-popular-movement#When:14:34:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On International Women's Day, women from all over Honduras joined the movement for peace and democracy, bringing recognition to the national feminist movement and joining their case with the popular demands of all Hondurans]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-21T14:34:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nicaragua: A Dangerous Place for Women]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nicaragua-dangerous-place-for-women</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nicaragua-dangerous-place-for-women#When:10:32:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is the "climate of protection" surrounding perpetrators of violence against Nicarauguan girls and women that allows the numbers of rapes and deaths to increase]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-14T10:32:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chavez: Washington Nemesis, Latin American Hero]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chavez-washington-nemesis-latin-american-hero</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/chavez-washington-nemesis-latin-american-hero#When:15:29:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington hopes Chavez's death means change in Venezuela, but social indicators measuring human suffering showed steady improvement over his fifteen-year tenure]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-12T15:29:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Chávez, a Chance to Rethink Relations With Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-chavez-chance-to-rethink-relations-with-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after-chavez-chance-to-rethink-relations-with-cuba#When:10:42:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The death of Hugo Chávez presents an opportunity to rekindle the U.S. relationship with Latin American countries. Cuba can then become a "multilateral challenge" if both Americas can work together to instigate Cuban democratic reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-07T10:42:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With Immigration Reform Looming, Private Prisons Lobby to Keep Migrants Behind Bars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/with-immigration-reform-looming-private-prisons-lobby-to-keep-migrants</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/with-immigration-reform-looming-private-prisons-lobby-to-keep-migrants#When:15:47:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The proposed immigration reform bill could hurt the multibillion-dollar private prison industry and consequently save the government billions of dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-05T15:47:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[9 Ways to Reduce Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-ways-to-reduce-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-ways-to-reduce-defense-spending#When:11:06:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[9 ways to reduce a defense budget that costs its taxpayers twice as much "as each British citizen; five times as much as each German; and six times as much as each Japanese."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-05T11:06:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Nuke Plan to Nowhere]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-nuke-plan-to-nowhere</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-nuke-plan-to-nowhere#When:17:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The House Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to shield nuclear program spending from budget cuts, approving a nuclear program budget of $640 billion in taxpayers' dollars over the next decade]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-04T17:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time is Ripe For a New Approach to Cuba]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-is-ripe-for-a-new-approach-to-cuba</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-is-ripe-for-a-new-approach-to-cuba#When:14:07:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Collaborating with Cuba to form agreements on energy production that will benefit both countries' interests may yield patched relations in the long-run]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-04T14:07:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Getting Ready to Reduce Nukes: A Step in the Right Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-getting-ready-to-reduce-nukes-step-in-right-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-getting-ready-to-reduce-nukes-step-in-right-direction#When:15:49:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is scaling down deployed nuclear warheads even further than the provisions set by the New START Treaty, which called for a reduction to 1,550 by 2018. Along with Russia, the administration believes a number closer to 1,000 is sufficient.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Project on Defense Alternatives, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-28T15:49:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[13,000 More Names to the List]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/13000-more-names-to-the-list</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/13000-more-names-to-the-list#When:15:17:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh weighs in on the troubling news that veteran suicides in the US are up to 22 per day]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-27T15:17:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Resisting the Model of War in Mexico: A Binational Effort]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/resisting-model-of-war-in-mexico-binational-effort</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/resisting-model-of-war-in-mexico-binational-effort#When:10:38:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The beginning of new governments in the U.S. and Mexico leave some hopeful of the Merida Initiative finally being implemented successfully. But after 6 years and 100,000 deaths, it is clear that to be successful, the U.S. needs to tweak its strategy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-26T10:38:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[There&#8217;s Plenty to Cut at the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/theres-plenty-to-cut-at-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/theres-plenty-to-cut-at-the-pentagon#When:10:15:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon could save more than $85 billion over the next decade by not buying the unecessary F-35 combat flyer and Littoral Combat Ship, both of which have suffered serious performance problems]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-22T10:15:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/national-insecurity-the-cost-of-american-militarism</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/national-insecurity-the-cost-of-american-militarism#When:17:02:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Upon leaving the White House in 1961, President Eisenhower famously warned Americans about the dangers of a "military industrial complex," and was clearly worried about the destabilizing effects of a national economy based on outsized investments in military spending. As more and more Americans fall into poverty and the global economy spirals downward, the United States is spending more on the military than ever before]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Book,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-18T17:02:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Monsanto Conquest Meets Aztec Resistance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/monsanto-conquest-meets-aztec-resistance</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/monsanto-conquest-meets-aztec-resistance#When:11:36:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Monsanto is a chemical and biotechnology firm that has developed genetically-modified seed for planting. For years the corporation has been trying to take over the global seed market with their modified seed -- seed doused with chemicals]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-14T11:36:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia: Illicit Financial Flows and the Role of the Underground Economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/russia-illicit-financial-flows-and-the-role-of-the-underground-economy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/russia-illicit-financial-flows-and-the-role-of-the-underground-economy#When:10:52:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Russian economy lost at least US$211.5 billion in illicit financial outflows from 1994 to 2011. These outflows represent the proceeds of crime, corruption, and tax evasion, and have serious negative consequences for the Russian economy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-13T10:52:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Striking a New Deal for Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/analysis-striking-a-new-deal-for-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/analysis-striking-a-new-deal-for-defense#When:10:12:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During past defense drawdowns, Congress and the Pentagon got away with side-stepping cuts similar to those proposed to coincide with sequestration]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-13T10:12:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Sky Isn&#8217;t Falling on the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-sky-isnt-falling-on-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-sky-isnt-falling-on-the-pentagon#When:12:41:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon can afford the necessary cuts, Hartung says. Instead of hand-wringing, they should be thinking of ways to implement the cuts and prepare the military for 21st century challenges.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-11T12:41:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brennan’s Bumbling Case for Terror War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/brennans-bumbling-case-for-terror-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/brennans-bumbling-case-for-terror-war#When:10:29:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Senate Intelligence Committee cut CIA-Director nominee John Brennan a break -- he's now easily on his way to confirmation this week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[National Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-09T10:29:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Minimum Returns: The Economic Impacts of Pentagon Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/minimum-returns-the-economic-impacts-of-pentagon-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/minimum-returns-the-economic-impacts-of-pentagon-spending#When:08:59:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his latest report, William Hartung looks at the impact Pentagon spending has on the economy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-07T08:59:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Iraq War Was Sold]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-iraq-war-was-sold</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-iraq-war-was-sold#When:16:39:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As George Bush and his national security team marched the U.S. off to war in Iraq, they were aided by key news outlets, especially the neocon-dominated Washington Post. Now a decade later, the Post still won’t take a hard, honest look at what was done]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-05T16:39:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Challenges of Supporting Effective Security and Justice Development Programming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-challenges-of-supporting-effective-security-and-justice-development-pro</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-challenges-of-supporting-effective-security-and-justice-development-pro#When:10:30:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The ultimate objective of this work is to provide practical recommendations to a central question: How can international support to security and justice development in fragile and conflict-affected states be made more effective]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-04T10:30:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cut the Deficit, Reform the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-the-deficit-reform-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-the-deficit-reform-the-pentagon#When:13:45:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama and Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel have noted the defense budget's "bloat;" Bill Hartung highlights ways to "slim down" its spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-02T13:45:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama Must Prepare for the Sequester Squeeze Play]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-must-prepare-sequester-squeeze-play</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-must-prepare-sequester-squeeze-play#When:15:33:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The objective of Republican leaders in Congress is to use the pain of sequester to force Democrats into accepting reductions in social and health security accounts. To achieve this end they are willing to let the Pentagon take a temporary hit.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-01T15:33:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zero Tolerance for Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zero-tolerance-for-nuclear-weapons1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/zero-tolerance-for-nuclear-weapons1#When:14:44:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung weighs in on the Chuck Hagel inquisition]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-01T14:44:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigration and Debt]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigration-and-debt</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigration-and-debt#When:12:56:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses author, researcher David Stoll's book "El Norte or Bust!," a product of his dedication to telling the story of the Ixil Maya people of Nebaj, Guatemala]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-01T12:56:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predator Drones Stalk US Borders Without Budget or Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predator-drones-stalk-us-borders-without-budget-strategy-truthout</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predator-drones-stalk-us-borders-without-budget-strategy-truthout#When:13:44:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The US Customs and Border Patrol launched its drone program "as the homeland counterpart to the foreign 'war on terrorism,'" but all strategy and cost evaluation procedures were ignored. Now eight years later, the drones' role and efficiency are in question]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-31T13:44:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to Congress: Rein in Wasteful Pentagon Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-to-congress-rein-in-wasteful-pentagon-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-to-congress-rein-in-wasteful-pentagon-spending#When:16:51:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP joins over 50 other organizations in signing a letter setting out two priorities for the ongoing budget fight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Americas, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-30T16:51:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Four Decades of US Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/four-decades-of-us-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/four-decades-of-us-defense-spending#When:09:36:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A one page review and assessment of the change in US defense spending over 40 years]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Fact Sheet,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-25T09:36:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Can Obama&#8217;s Gun Control Plan Reduce Violence In Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/can-obamas-gun-control-plan-reduce-violence-in-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/can-obamas-gun-control-plan-reduce-violence-in-mexico#When:11:54:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's call for increased gun control could greatly affect the level of gun violence within the U.S. But stricter gun laws could have major repercussions south of the border as well]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-24T11:54:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuts in Military Spending, Past and Present]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuts-in-military-spending-past-and-present</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cuts-in-military-spending-past-and-present#When:09:05:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the editor of the NY Times, William Hartung explains the need to reshape our military to address current threats while saving funds]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-10T09:05:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With the Resurrection of Immigration Reform We&#8217;ll Hear a Lot About Securing Our Borders, But What Do]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-does-immigration-reform-really-mean</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-does-immigration-reform-really-mean#When:14:35:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Republicans and Democrats recognize the political logic of finally fixing the country’s restrictive and harsh immigration policies, there is bipartisan support for immigration reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-09T14:35:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows: The Scourge of the Developing World]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-scourge-of-developing-world</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-scourge-of-developing-world#When:15:57:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Illicit transfers of money away from developing countries are known as illicit financial flows, and they are one of the least talked about challenges that the world needs to overcome in order to fight global poverty]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-07T15:57:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Four Reasons Chuck Hagel Would Be a Good Secretary of Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/four-reasons-chuck-hagel-would-be-a-good-secretary-of-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/four-reasons-chuck-hagel-would-be-a-good-secretary-of-defense#When:10:32:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The debate over the wisdom of appointing former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel as the next secretary of defense is well under way]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-07T10:32:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crossover Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crossover-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crossover-drones#When:15:58:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The rapid advance of drone technology has sparked interest by police and sheriff offices in acquiring drones. This new eagerness of many nonfederal law enforcement agencies to acquire drones has been also closely nurtured by the federal government]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-01T15:58:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Currency War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/currency-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/currency-war#When:15:33:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to Foreign Policy, Tom Barry debates Robert Zoellick's vision for reintegrating economics into U.S. foreign policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-01T15:33:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A United Effort to Help Syria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-united-effort-to-help-syria</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-united-effort-to-help-syria#When:16:03:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, Harry Blaney discusses the United States' role in Syria]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-30T16:03:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Border Security Muddle Post 9/11]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-muddle-post-9-11</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-muddle-post-9-11#When:16:10:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the nation transitions away from its post-9/11 fears and wars, US border strategy needs to be overhauled and updated. A new strategy for border control should be closely linked to a penetrating review of counterterrorism, the drug war, and immigration policies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-26T16:10:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What About Armed Social Workers?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-about-armed-social-workers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-about-armed-social-workers#When:16:18:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the NRA's press conference in response to the Newton, Connecticut school shooting, William Hartung analyzes the NRA's proposal for a "school shield program"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-21T16:18:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Border Security and Criminal Alien Consensus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-and-criminal-alien-consensus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-and-criminal-alien-consensus#When:10:21:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barry explores the questionable bipartisanship for immigration reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-21T10:21:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows From Developing Countries: 2001-2010]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-developing-countries-2001-2010</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-developing-countries-2001-2010#When:10:42:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Crime, corruption, and tax evasion cost the developing world $858.8 billion in 2010, just below the all-time high of $871.3 billion set in 2008]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, Europe & Russia, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-17T10:42:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report to Supporters: Addressing Challenges to Global Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/report-to-supporters-addressing-challenges-to-global-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/report-to-supporters-addressing-challenges-to-global-security#When:15:58:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Our end-of-year report outlines our post-election goals]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-11T15:58:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Past US Example Could Stem Border Marijuana Arrests and Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/past-us-example-could-stem-border-marijuana-arrests-and-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/past-us-example-could-stem-border-marijuana-arrests-and-violence#When:10:46:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The federal government's nearly 100-year-old move toward cracking down on marijuana consumption with regulation, enforcement, and prohibition has resulted in a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. Perhaps it's time to change direction?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-11T10:46:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bizarre Politics of Border Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bizarre-politics-of-border-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bizarre-politics-of-border-security#When:15:25:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the border security hawks again begin to circle, Tom Barry explores the politics behind border security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-05T15:25:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing the Homeland Against Marijuana]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing-the-homeland-against-marijuana</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing-the-homeland-against-marijuana#When:14:19:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What does marijuana have to do with national security, homeland security, or border security? That's a pressing strategic question for the Border Patrol, and also for the second Obama administration. Barry looks at marijuana's changing role in the U.S.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-04T14:19:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Restore Reliability and Accountability]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/restore-reliability-and-accountability</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/restore-reliability-and-accountability#When:17:49:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has an opportunity to name a director of the Central Intelligence Agency who will re-establish the C.I.A.'s commitment to objective and balanced intelligence and rebuild the Office of the Inspector General, which has been severely weakened by the Bush and Obama administrations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-03T17:49:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Patrol Strategic Muddle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-patrol-strategic-muddle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-patrol-strategic-muddle#When:14:34:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With the release of its latest Strategic Plan, the Border Patrol emphasizes its lack of strategic focus. Barry outlines the shortcomings of the plan and provides solutions to ensure a clear direction in the future.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-03T14:34:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peña&#8217;s Promises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/penas-promises</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/penas-promises#When:09:34:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Against the sharply contrasting backdrop of violent conflicts in the streets and carefully staged official events, Enrique Peña Nieto took office yesterday. The general outlines of the plan for his six-year term, although still not detailed, reveal proposed changes not unlike the new president–mostly cosmetic and devoted to appearances on the surface]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-03T09:34:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The CIA Director&#8217;s Flaws]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cia-directors-flaws</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cia-directors-flaws#When:13:16:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the editor of the Post, Melvin Goodman outlines why General Petraeus was not a good fit for CIA director]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-23T13:16:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Plundering a Continent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plundering-a-continent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plundering-a-continent#When:09:48:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker reflects on his time spent in Africa and his first-hand view of the illicit financial system]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Africa, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-20T09:48:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Human Rights Conditions in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/human-rights-conditions-in-latin-america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/human-rights-conditions-in-latin-america#When:11:57:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP joins other human rights organizations in writing to Congress to ensure that human rights conditions are met in Latina America before aid is distributed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-15T11:57:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reasonable Defense: A Sustainable Approach to Securing the Nation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reasonable-defense-a-sustainable-approach-to-securing-the-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/reasonable-defense-a-sustainable-approach-to-securing-the-nation#When:13:44:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his latest report, Carl Conetta argues for a new balance among the various instruments of national power reflecting today’s strategic conditions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-14T13:44:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Scandal We Should Be Talking About]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-scandal-we-should-be-talking-about</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-scandal-we-should-be-talking-about#When:09:46:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[While our news media pores over every titillating detail of the Petraeus affair, there's another scandal that's gone largely unnoticed by the defense community. Last Friday, Lockheed Martin quietly announced that after having been groomed to take over for departing C.E.O. Robert Stevens this January, that would-be C.E.O. Christopher Kubasik would be resigning over a long-term extramarital affair ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-14T09:46:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Few Days After Veterans Day]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-few-days-after-veterans-day</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-few-days-after-veterans-day#When:09:25:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Matthew Hoh offers his reflections about Veteran's Day and the overall attitude in the U.S. towards those who serve]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-14T09:25:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Must Rewrite his Foreign Policy Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-must-rewrite-his-foreign-policy-legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-must-rewrite-his-foreign-policy-legacy#When:13:17:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The president will need to recast a foreign policy that has been weak or downright contradictory in standing up for the principles he himself has espoused]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-13T13:17:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Faces First Post-election Climate Test]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-faces-first-post-election-climate-test</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-faces-first-post-election-climate-test#When:12:01:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama will start to determine his second-term approach to climate change today as the House of Representatives sends final legislation to his desk that empowers him to bar U.S. airlines from complying with Europe’s climate law]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-13T12:01:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Why Behind the Benghazi Attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-why-behind-the-benghazi-attack</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-why-behind-the-benghazi-attack#When:09:22:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The story behind the Benghazi attack was not the political cover-up that the Right has pushed, but rather how the U.S. consulate had grown into a CIA base, making it an inviting target for militants]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-04T09:22:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[China: $4 Trillion in Dirty Money Should Worry Us All]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-4-trillion-in-dirty-money-should-worry-us-all</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/china-4-trillion-in-dirty-money-should-worry-us-all#When:13:25:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Crime, corruption, and tax evasion cost the world's largest country and second-largest economy $3.79 trillion from 2000-2011, some of the most troubling numbers GFI has ever estimated ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-26T13:25:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows from China and the Role of Trade Misinvoicing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-china-and-the-role-of-trade-misinvoicing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-china-and-the-role-of-trade-misinvoicing#When:10:44:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report from Global Financial Integrity finds that China lost $3.79 trillion in illicit financial flows from 2000-2011]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Asia, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-25T10:44:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney’s Shape-Shifting Foreign Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-shape-shifting-foreign-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-shape-shifting-foreign-policy#When:09:38:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has charted a novel course through Campaign 2012, shape-shifting his positions endlessly on domestic and now foreign policies. In Monday night’s global affairs debate, Romney exchanged his neocon garb for a new cloak of moderation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-23T09:38:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Election 2012: What Cuban Americans Stand to Lose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/election-2012-what-cuban-americans-stand-to-lose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/election-2012-what-cuban-americans-stand-to-lose#When:15:48:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Read analysis from CIP's conference in Miami examining what Cuban Americans stand to lose should the Presidency change hands ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Policy Research, Conference Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-17T15:48:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Notes on a Vice-Presidential Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/notes-on-a-vice-presidential-debate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/notes-on-a-vice-presidential-debate#When:09:46:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harry Blaney weighs in on the Vice-Presidential debate in this Letter to the Editor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-15T09:46:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-to-the-editor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-to-the-editor#When:09:52:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung offers up his views of the Vice-Presidential debate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-12T09:52:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The NRA Goes Global]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-nra-goes-global</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-nra-goes-global#When:12:13:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s still hard to believe. After two months and four high profile shootings – commencing with mass killings at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado – neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has said a word about gun control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-10T12:13:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Foreign Policy by Platitude]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/foreign-policy-by-platitude</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/foreign-policy-by-platitude#When:09:17:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday's foreign policy speech by Mitt Romney was the worst of both worlds -- shallow rhetoric followed by a few ill-considered specifics]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-09T09:17:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time for Major Cuts in Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-major-cuts-in-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-major-cuts-in-defense-spending#When:15:48:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Billions wasted on unnecessary programs should be redirected toward pressing domestic needs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-30T15:48:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Victory for Common Sense on Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/victory-for-common-sense-on-nuclear-weapons</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/victory-for-common-sense-on-nuclear-weapons#When:09:12:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a surprise decision, Washington decided to zero out funding for a plutonium facility proposed to be built in Los Alamos, New Mexico]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-25T09:12:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Heart-To-Heart on The Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/heart-to-heart-on-the-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/heart-to-heart-on-the-drug-war#When:13:46:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Whether it's through imposing a military/police state in Mexico or shunting youth into the margins of society, the drug war machine runs on the human lives it destroys]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-21T13:46:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Spending: Profits and Politics Trump National Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-spending-profits-and-politics-trump-national-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-spending-profits-and-politics-trump-national-security#When:16:21:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Miles and Hartung discuss the current debate about "sequestration" and its effects on the economy in their latest co-authored article]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-20T16:21:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Public Security&#8212;The Greatest Casualty of the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/public-security-the-greatest-casualty-of-the-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/public-security-the-greatest-casualty-of-the-drug-war#When:14:43:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen, director of CIP's Americas Program goes behind the scenes of the drug war and examines the policy that has led to disastrous outcomes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-10T14:43:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretive Shell Corporations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secretive-shell-corporations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secretive-shell-corporations#When:14:09:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the editor, Heather Lowe argues for full disclosure in establishing corporations to avoid secretive shell companies that front various illegal activities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-03T14:09:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What if Republicans Had a Debate on Military Spending?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-republicans-had-debate-on-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-if-republicans-had-debate-on-military-spending#When:13:02:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung examines the proposed budgets of the Republican nominees, outlining why they would be detrimental instead of beneficial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-28T13:02:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Smarter Way to Trim the Pentagon Budget]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-smarter-way-to-trim-the-pentagon-budget</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-smarter-way-to-trim-the-pentagon-budget#When:14:27:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Reasonable Defense plan demonstrates how carefully conceived changes to the Pentagon budget can be consistent with economic recovery and also provide ample military capacity to protect America and our core commitments abroad]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-24T14:27:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Budget Resources 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-resources-2012</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-budget-resources-2012#When:14:48:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Why do we spend so much? Is it necessary? What does it mean for debt, deficits, and the economy? How might we “reset defense” to ensure security, solvency, and economic revitalization? Find the answers in this one-page compilation of PDA charts, articles, and reports on every aspect of the Pentagon spending controversy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-14T14:48:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anniversary of the Esquipulas Accords]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anniversary-esquipulas-accords</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anniversary-esquipulas-accords#When:12:27:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Organization of American States provides commentary from the event it co-sponsored with CIP and Inter-American Dialogue to celebrate the anniversary of the Esquipuilas II Accords]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-14T12:27:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[25 Years: Bill Goodfellow Reflects on the Esquipulas II Accords]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/25-years-bill-goodfellow-reflects-on-the-esquipulas-ii-accords</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/25-years-bill-goodfellow-reflects-on-the-esquipulas-ii-accords#When:17:18:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Listen as CIP's executive director, Bill Goodfellow reflects on Central America's peace processes 25 years after the signing of the Esquipulas II Accords in a Podcast with Adam Isacson]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-08T17:18:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commentary: More reform for oil industry needed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/commentary-more-reform-for-oil-industry-needed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/commentary-more-reform-for-oil-industry-needed#When:13:37:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The 'Cardin-Lugar' amendment requires energy firms to report to the SEC the payments they make to governments in the countries where they operate," said Raymond Baker. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-07T13:37:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Organizations Tell Congress to Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/organizations-tell-congress-stop-arming-human-rights-abusers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/organizations-tell-congress-stop-arming-human-rights-abusers#When:14:24:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP joined twenty-five other organizations in urging Congress to cosponsor a bill that would promote responsibility in arms sales]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-02T14:24:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico’s Movement for Real Democracy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-movement-for-real-democracy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-movement-for-real-democracy#When:11:20:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["Mexico’s new movement is raising serious questions about electoral democracy," comments Laura Carlsen, Director of CIP Americas]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-02T11:20:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[McCain&#8217;s Road Trip to Nowhere on Pentagon Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mccains-road-trip-to-nowhere-on-pentagon-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mccains-road-trip-to-nowhere-on-pentagon-spending#When:14:03:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Senators McCain, Ayotte and Graham embark on a series of meetings to coerce voters into "preserving America's strength," Hartung exposes the truth about sequestration and its actual effects on America's security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-30T14:03:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congress Should Rein in Runaway Pentagon Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congress-should-rein-in-runaway-pentagon-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congress-should-rein-in-runaway-pentagon-spending#When:17:43:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for International Policy joins other organizations in asking the House of Representatives to put a freeze on Pentagon spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-18T17:43:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Contractors and Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-contractors-and-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-contractors-and-congress#When:14:36:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is not surprising that Lockheed Martin and its allies want to keep the Pentagon gravy train running full speed ahead, but most taxpayers disagree.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-17T14:36:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Myths vs Realities of Pentagon Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/myths-vs-realities-of-pentagon-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/myths-vs-realities-of-pentagon-spending#When:11:47:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As defense contractors play to American's fears of poor security to increase military spending, Bill Hartung and Stephen Miles reveal the facts about Pentagon spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Fact Sheet,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-17T11:47:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[USA and Allies Outspend Potential Rivals on Military by Four-to-One; America Carries Much of the Def]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usa-and-allies-outspend-potential-rivals-on-military-four-to-one</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/usa-and-allies-outspend-potential-rivals-on-military-four-to-one#When:10:34:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In this fact sheet Carl Conetta looks U.S. military spending compared to that of other countries]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Fact Sheet,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-17T10:34:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the NRA kill a global arms trade treaty?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/will-the-nra-kill-a-global-arms-trade-treaty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/will-the-nra-kill-a-global-arms-trade-treaty#When:14:38:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s clear that opposition to measures making it harder to arm tyrants or pour weapons into war zones is in keeping with the NRA’s overriding ideology]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-13T14:38:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Disaster Medicine: US Doctors Examine Cuba&#8217;s Approach]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/disaster-medicine-us-doctors-examine-cubas-approach</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/disaster-medicine-us-doctors-examine-cubas-approach#When:11:27:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the latest delegation trip to Cuba, CIP's staff was joined by emergency medicine and public health officials from the U.S. to explore Cuba's approach to disaster medicine]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-09T11:27:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why No One Notices Our MAD Planet]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-no-one-notices-our-mad-planet</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-no-one-notices-our-mad-planet#When:10:53:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The only way to be safe from nuclear weapons is to get rid of them -- not just the Iranian one that doesn’t yet exist, but all of them ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-08T10:53:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From the “Perfect Dictatorship” to the Imperfect Democracy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perfect-dictatorship-to-imperfect-democracy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/perfect-dictatorship-to-imperfect-democracy#When:09:48:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Mexico’s electoral authorities confirm the preliminary vote, Mexico will have gone from a “perfect dictatorship” to an imperfect democracy,with the return to power of the party that ruled for 71 years almost without rivals]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-06T09:48:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special Mexico Elections Coverage from the CIP Americas Program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/special-mexico-elections-coverage-from-the-cip-americas-program</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/special-mexico-elections-coverage-from-the-cip-americas-program#When:10:07:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today more than 79 million Mexicans are voting for a new president. The Americas Program is here, writing for you on the process before, during and after citizens cast their votes]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-07-02T10:07:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Contractors Play a Disturbing Game]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-contractors-play-disturbing-game</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-contractors-play-disturbing-game#When:16:25:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If politics is a game of chess, Pentagon contractors have decided their workers are the pawns]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-25T16:25:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon Budget and Jobs: How does defense spending rate for job creation?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagon-budget-and-jobs-how-does-defense-spending-rate-for-job-creatio</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagon-budget-and-jobs-how-does-defense-spending-rate-for-job-creatio#When:12:34:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A compilation of reports, articles and commentary on how defense spending rates as a job creator]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-25T12:34:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Involvement In Honduran Massacre]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-involvement-in-honduran-massacre</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-involvement-in-honduran-massacre#When:11:44:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA["The Ahuas massacre is just the latest and most blatant example of another U.S. foreign policy gone terribly wrong," writes the director of CIP's Americas Program]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-21T11:44:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in the Global Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-rein-in-global-arms-trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-to-rein-in-global-arms-trade#When:14:48:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung discusses in the Americas Program blog the dangers of the arms export industry and its scramble to expand foreign sales]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-13T14:48:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary Panetta, Afghanistan Needs A Peace Settlement, Not More War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-needs-peace-settlement-not-more-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-needs-peace-settlement-not-more-war#When:16:34:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan, where US policy has been mostly military. Washington continues to view Afghanistan through the lens of war when it most needs peace – a negotiated settlement with insurgents and neighboring states like India and Pakistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Americas, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-07T16:34:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bombs Versus Budgets: Inside the Nuclear Weapons Lobby]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bombs-versus-budgets</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bombs-versus-budgets#When:09:00:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Hartung explores the role of the nuclear arms lobby in seeking to block cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars the U.S. government plans to spend on nuclear weapons in the next decade and beyond]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-06T09:00:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summer 2012 Report to Supporters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/report-to-supporters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/report-to-supporters#When:09:19:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Read about the latest research and projects undertaken by CIP's expert staff as they seek to apply pressure to ensure that politicians' promises become actual policy.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Cuba Project, Americas Program, TransBorder Project, Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Arms & Security Project, Afghanistan Study Group, Asia Project, National Security Project, Avoided Deforestation Partners, Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, Europe & Russia, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-04T09:19:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico’s G-20 Summit: In the Eye of the Storm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-g-20-summit-eye-of-the-storm</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-g-20-summit-eye-of-the-storm#When:14:26:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Laura Carlsen writes in the Americas Program blog about the economic and political storms faced by the G-20 leaders]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-06-03T14:26:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney&#8217;s Defense Plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-defense-plan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/romneys-defense-plan#When:13:52:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[William Hartung offers his opinions about Mitt Romney's defense plan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-30T13:52:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Customs and Border Protection Abuses Sign-on Letter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/customs-border-protection-abuses</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/customs-border-protection-abuses#When:09:36:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP joins 117 other organizations in signing a letter to send to President Obama urging him to address cases of excessive use and force by Customs and Border Protection agents]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-30T09:36:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ivory and Insecurity: The Global Implications of Poaching in Africa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ivory-insecurity-poaching-africa</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ivory-insecurity-poaching-africa#When:14:51:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Cardamone's written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Africa, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-24T14:51:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cut Costs by Losing the Bombs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-costs-by-losing-bombs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cut-costs-by-losing-bombs#When:09:42:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In an era when threats like terrorism, cyberattacks, epidemics of disease and environmental degradation pose the greatest risks to our security, nuclear weapons are largely irrelevant to our safety]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-22T09:42:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grasp this opportunity of a safer world]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grasp-opportunity-of-safer-world</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/grasp-opportunity-of-safer-world#When:11:00:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harry Blaney discusses why deterrence and the reduction in nuclear weapons are necessary in this post-cold war environment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-21T11:00:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <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>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery#When:09:44:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T09:44:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster#When:14:32:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T14:32:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico&#8217;s False Dilemma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicos-false-dilemma#When:13:41:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-20T13:41:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Dodging Jeopardizes Society at Home and Abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad#When:13:11:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Highways, schools and law enforcement. Firefighters, courts and national security. These are just some of the many, essential public services that are funded by our tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T13:11:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control#When:11:11:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T11:11:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two cases where a will to act is lacking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking#When:17:03:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harry Blaney responds to two items published in the Financial Times about the future of Syria and of the future of Europe]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[National Security Project, Middle East, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:03:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out#When:14:43:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T14:43:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: RE: Tax Me If You Can]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-editor-tax-me-if-you-can</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/letter-editor-tax-me-if-you-can#When:15:00:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[James B. Stewart does such an entertaining job of illustrating the effort many of New York’s richest non-residents put into avoiding city taxes that a reader might be excused for cheering them along, just as I did with Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in the similarly named movie]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-09T15:00:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Flying Under the Radar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar#When:10:24:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Sotol Story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story#When:00:14:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry explores the story of sotol, a classic Mexican liquor, on a trip to the U.S. - Mexican borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T00:14:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tom Barry Immigrant Rights Scope limits and Implications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigrant-rights-scope-limits-implications</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigrant-rights-scope-limits-implications#When:15:10:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry explores the complicated and controversial subject of immigrant rights]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-30T15:10:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Quick Wins to Long-Term Profits? Burundi case study]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/quick-wins-long-term-profits-burundi-case-study</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/quick-wins-long-term-profits-burundi-case-study#When:09:11:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Nicole Ball, Jean-Marie Gasana, and Willy Nindorera explore security and justice programming in Burundi in order to develop better approaches to solving four key challenges]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-29T09:11:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMPACT Speaker - Raymond Baker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-speaker-raymond-baker#When:17:57:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker addresses Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff, discussing the flow of money across international borders]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Policy Research, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-26T17:57:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predators on the Border, Hawks Across the Border and a Homeland of Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones#When:18:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones are proliferating. First, the Pentagon joined with military contractors to breed fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as airborne drones are formally called]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:02:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Base Budget to Get Bigger Share in 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-base-budget-to-get-bigger-share-in-2013</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-base-budget-to-get-bigger-share-in-2013#When:13:00:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A comparison of discretionary spending in 2008 and 2013 shows an increased tilt toward the “Security Basket” and National Defense]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Policy Brief,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T13:00:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Sense: Options for National Defense Savings in Fiscal Year 2013]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-sense-options-for-national-defense-savings-in-fiscal-year-2013</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-sense-options-for-national-defense-savings-in-fiscal-year-2013#When:12:44:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a joint publication between PDA and the Cato Institute, the authors outline 18 recommendations for safely reducing the Fiscal Year 2013 defense budget by $17 – 20 billion]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T12:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-g20-under-the-mexican-presidency#When:17:45:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-16T17:45:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/honduras-when-engagement-becomes-complicity#When:21:29:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Honduras on March 6 with a double mission: to quell talk of drug legalization and reinforce the U.S.-sponsored drug war in Central America, and to bolster the presidency of Porfirio Lobo]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-15T21:29:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Is Securing the Texas Border? How Private Contractors Mislead the Public, Then Get Rich Off Taxp]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border#When:16:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Roy “Mac” Sikes wasn’t wearing a white 10-gallon like the other top Texas Rangers attending the 2010 Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition meeting in El Paso. Mac, as the Texas Rangers and sheriffs call him, was going hatless. But that may have been because it’s not entirely clear which hat Mac should have been wearing – ranger, cop, or consultant? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-12T16:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Doing Biden’s Bidding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/doing-bidens-bidding#When:14:27:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-06T14:27:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The 2013 State Department and Foreign Operations Aid Request and Latin America and the Caribbean]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-2013-state-department-and-foreign-operations-aid-request</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-2013-state-department-and-foreign-operations-aid-request#When:17:15:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On February 13, the Obama administration released its 2013 budget request to Congress, which includes its request for State Department and Foreign Operations assistance in FY2013. Here are a few things we observed in the new foreign assistance budget for Latin America and the Caribbean. 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Fact Sheet,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-01T17:15:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Genocide on Trial in Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/genocide-on-trial-in-guatemala#When:12:26:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Victims and human rights activists cheered when, on January 26, a Guatemalan court charged Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt with genocide and crimes against humanity. The decision to bring the 85-year-old former dictator to trial is the latest stage in a long odyssey, stretching back to the early 1980s, when Guatemala experienced the bloodiest repression of its thirty-six-year civil war.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T12:26:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Announces Backing for Maldives Junta That Ousted Climate Hero Mohamed Nasheed in Coup d’Etat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-announces-backing-maldives-junta</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-announces-backing-maldives-junta#When:15:07:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has announced its support for the junta that ousted democratically elected Maldives president and climate hero Mohamed Nasheed in a military coup.
Even though President Nasheed was apparently forced to resign at gunpoint, the State Department has continued to address the coup-makers as the “legitimate government”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T15:07:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Oil Exporting Countries Need Transparency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-oil-exporting-countries-need-transparency</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-oil-exporting-countries-need-transparency#When:22:58:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Corruption and secrecy in the oil, gas and mining industries takes a serious toll on developing and emerging economies. It negatively affects human rights, governance, global development and security. A provision of the new Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation shines a light on the deals that oil, gas and mining companies make with foreign governments, however oil executives]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T22:58:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vietnam and Afghanistan: The more things change&#8230;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/vietnam-and-afghanistan-more-things-change</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/vietnam-and-afghanistan-more-things-change#When:13:37:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[  Two lengthy and devastating wars separated by three decades.   One fought in the jungles of Vietnam and one in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T13:37:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget&#8212;Fiscal Year 2013 (And Beyond)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget-fiscal-year-2013-an</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget-fiscal-year-2013-an#When:13:18:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A Q&A format report that addresses central issues related tot he 2013 defense budget and deficit reduction debate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Brief,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T13:18:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lieutenant-colonel-davis-death-deception-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lieutenant-colonel-davis-death-deception-afghanistan#When:10:19:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In late December, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta assured Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) that the United States was "making undeniable progress" in its war in Afghanistan and that a congressionally mandated, independent assessment of the war was "not necessary." However, recent media reports of internal Department of Defense and Intelligence Community assessments of the war contradict, again, claims of progress]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-06T10:19:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nukes for the Troops? - The Absurdity of Uncritical Support for the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nukes-for-troops-absurdity-of-uncritical-support-for-pentagon#When:13:04:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you thought there were enough arms industry front groups pushing for higher Pentagon spending, there's a new kid on the block: the Coalition for a Common Defense]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-03T13:04:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Waiting for Consolidation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/waiting-for-consolidation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/waiting-for-consolidation#When:17:40:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During 2011, researchers from CIP, WOLA, INDEPAZ and MINGA carried out a joint project to monitor the Colombian Government's National Territorial Consolidation Plan (PNCT). This new publication lays out our organizations' principal findings, concerns and recommendations following our research visits.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-01T17:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Bonanza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza#When:14:31:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Antelope Wells is the place to go if you want to see the Obama administration's economic stimulus package at work. Three years after the administration launched the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the stimulus funds committed to Hidalgo County are still working. But some may question whether the investment in this tiny, unincorporated dot on the map — where the population apparently totals two people living in trailers — is the best use of tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-31T14:31:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[GFI Report Mexico: Illicit Financial Flows, Macroeconomic Imbalances, and the Underground Economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gfi-report-mexico-illicit-financial-flows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gfi-report-mexico-illicit-financial-flows#When:16:55:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A report from GFI finds that Mexico lost a total of $872 billion in illicit financial flows (or illegal capital flight) over a 41-year period from 1970 to 2010. These illicit financial flows were generally the product of: corruption, bribery and kickbacks, criminal activities, and efforts to shelter wealth from a country's tax authorities]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T16:55:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War’s Invisible Victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-wars-invisible-victims#When:15:07:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many kinds of war. The classic image of a uniformed soldier kissing mom good-bye to risk his life on the battlefield has changed dramatically. In today’s wars, it’s more likely that mom will be the one killed]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-30T15:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Missed Opportunity on Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-missed-opportunity-defense#When:16:01:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration's defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6, is under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naive and dangerous, while numerous independent experts have rightly criticized the plan for being too timid  in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-23T16:01:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Curve and the Conjuncture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture#When:15:52:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the United States has led the way in drone proliferation, Americans are not alone in addressing the issues and challenges associated with the new weapons, surveillance, and intelligence systems. This Cato Unbound forum is stirring “strong passions” and “vigorous debate” about the morality and strategic value of drones—passions and debate that Cortright contends are already spreading in America]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T15:52:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney&#8217;s Bermuda (tax) Holiday]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday#When:12:11:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney’s direction of Bain Capital’s tax avoidance activities now threaten to become a major campaign issue. But how questionable are his actions? We need to ask: “What would I do if I could legally avoid paying income tax?”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T12:11:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Proliferation: Other Chapters and Other Challenges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges#When:15:47:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the “accelerating use of drone weapons has opened a new chapter in the history of warfare,” as David Cortright contends in “License to Kill.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-17T15:47:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military Spending A Poor Job Creator]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/military-spending-poor-job-creator</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/military-spending-poor-job-creator#When:11:33:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs? This fact sheet is an update with new numbers from 2011 for U.S. employment effects of military and domestic spending. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Policy Brief, Fact Sheet,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-17T11:33:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Government Agencies Falsely Report Meaningless Deportations and Drug Seizures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation#When:15:22:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S. borders in the hunt for unauthorized immigrants and illegal drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:22:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Obama Defense Plan: Roadmap for Continuing Global Hegemony]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-defense-plan-roadmap-for-continuing-global-hegemony#When:12:41:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration’s defense strategy review, unveiled at the Pentagon on January 6th, is already under attack. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has argued that the plan is naïve and dangerous. Independent experts such as Russell Rumbaugh of the Washington, DC-based Stimson Center have criticized the plan for being too timid in its pursuit of Pentagon spending reductions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T12:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Plans for Big Cuts in Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plans-for-big-cuts-in-military-spending#When:16:27:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: “A Shrinking Military Budget May Take Neighbors With It” (“The Next War” series, front page, Jan. 7) overstates the importance of Pentagon]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Afghanistan Study Group, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-12T16:27:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government, Big Fence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence#When:17:31:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Time has worn down embossed lettering on the bronze plaque on the 6-ft. obelisk marking the U.S.-Mexico border. My friend and I had stopped to look at the boundary monument, and were trying to decipher the lettering]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T17:31:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Outflows, Not Aid, Must Be Curtailed to Fight Poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty#When:12:43:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We learned some devastating news last month. A new study from Global Financial Integrity revealed that despite the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008, the developing world still suffered nearly $1 trillion in illicit financial outflows in 2009]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T12:43:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Readers Respond to Leaner Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending#When:00:52:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If The Post is going to use President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s maxims to challenge President Obama’s “strategic guidance” on defense spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-08T00:52:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Make tax evasion criminal offence, push for other reforms to combat black money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo#When:17:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is encouraging to see the zealous enthusiasm that has surfaced in India over the past few years on eliminating black money or illicit financial flows. While many other countries are taking modest steps to curtail illicit flows, India has gone ahead to make the issue one of pressing national importance. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T17:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Military Strategy Review: Seeking Real Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-military-strategy-review-seeking-real-reform#When:17:10:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning the Obama administration will present the findings of its latest national security strategy review. The review has been undertaken with an eye towards scaling back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the defense of the country]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-04T17:10:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Katrina Veterans Learn About Cuba&#8217;s Hurricane Management]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/katrina-veterans-learn-about-cubas-hurricane-management</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/katrina-veterans-learn-about-cubas-hurricane-management#When:08:58:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In early December, the Center for International Policy’s Cuba Project took Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré (ret.), “the hero of Katrina,” to Cuba to look at how the Cubans prepare for and respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters. In 2005, the commander of the U.S. First Army, General Honoré arrived in New Orleans as head of the Joint Task Force Katrina and turned around the disintegrating situation.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-23T08:58:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bush/Obama War Against Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth#When:15:41:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Pvt. Bradley Manning appeared in a military courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland, last week, it was his first public appearance in more than 19 months. Manning has been held without trial for the past year and a half; only now is a hearing being conducted to determine if there is sufficient evidence to refer his case to a general court martial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T15:41:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War Transformed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed#When:01:11:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is a terrorist insurgency,” says Connie Mack, the Republican who chairs the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mack, who introduced the Enhanced Border Security Act in mid-December, believes that the Merida Initiative has failed and that the administration needs to revamp the counterdrug assistance program to include a “counterinsurgency plan"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T01:11:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Questions of Racial Identity, Racism and anti-Racist Policies in Cuba: The View from Havana]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afro-cuba-delegation-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afro-cuba-delegation-report#When:15:31:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A report from Elizabeth Newhouse summarizing the events of a Oct. delegation to Cuba that focused on the issue of racism in Cuba]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-19T15:31:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Should We Care About Mexico?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-should-we-care-about-mexico#When:16:15:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The cold, hard numbers of the poor and the dead are familiar. Instead we are told that we should care—or rather, worry—about Mexico for a very different reason. The State Department, the Pentagon, the press and members of Congress tell us, with increasing shrillness]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-16T16:15:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-developing-countries-over-the-decade-ending-09</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/illicit-financial-flows-from-developing-countries-over-the-decade-ending-09#When:16:51:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Illicit Financial Flows Report Update: Updating its January 2011 report, GFI has expanded the range of years analyzed and updated existing figures based on the newest available data]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-15T16:51:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women Human Rights Defenders in Mexico Face Threats, Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/women-human-rights-defenders-in-mexico-face-threats-violence#When:15:13:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico is facing a major human rights and humanitarian crisis. Fifty thousand people have been murdered in the war on drugs just since 2007. Thousands more have been displaced, orphaned and forcibly disappeared]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-14T15:13:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <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>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones are Coming to a Theater Near You]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you#When:14:22:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, are coming.”  So says Candice Miller, the Republican congresswoman from northern Michigan borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-08T14:22:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiddling on Climate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate#When:15:33:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The image of Nero fiddling as Rome burned—albeit apocryphal-- has stuck as the metaphor for willfully irresponsible government.  Government representatives, gathered at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, have been fiddling for the past week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-07T15:33:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Obama&#8217;s Other Wars - on Immigrants and Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs#When:14:16:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama came to office promising immigration reform in his first term. As a candidate and as president, Obama also made it clear that he stood firmly in supporting the “rule of law,” even if the law was overdue for reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T14:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[More Lessons from Cuba&#8217;s hurricane Preparedness and Civil Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lessons-cubas-hurricane-preparedness-civil-defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lessons-cubas-hurricane-preparedness-civil-defense#When:16:23:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Newhouse summarizes CIP's November 2011 delegation to cuba, which included the mayor of Galveston, Texas, and the Dean of the Texas State Senate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Policy Research, Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-05T16:23:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Decade of Mistakes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan-decade-mistakes#When:11:48:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIP senior fellow Francesc Vendrell on the missed opportunities in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Afghanistan, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-03T11:48:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-the-drone-warfare-industry-took-over-our-congress#When:13:53:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones play an increasing role in foreign wars, on the border, and in Congress]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-30T13:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America&#8217;s Nuclear Options]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/americas-nuclear-options#When:11:55:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: Michael O'Hanlon is right to target nuclear weapons projects for budget cuts. But there is more that can be done to save money in this area without compromising our security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Americas, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:55:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stay Tuned: New Ad Calls for Debate on Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/new-ad-debate-nuclear-weapons#When:11:36:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the first Republican presidential debate on national security issues, held on November 12th, the closest the Republican candidates came to holding a discussion on nuclear weapons]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T11:36:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIP EOY 2011 report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cip-eoy-2011-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cip-eoy-2011-report#When:10:28:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Our end of the year brochure highlights what we are trying to change and the work of our programs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Report,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-21T10:28:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Short Tour of Pentagon Financial Mismanagement, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/short-tour-of-pentagon-financial-mismanagement-waste-fraud-and-abuse</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/short-tour-of-pentagon-financial-mismanagement-waste-fraud-and-abuse#When:14:01:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A compilation of commentary and reports outlining financial mismanagement, waste, abuse and fraud at the Department of Defense]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Project on Defense Alternatives, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-20T14:01:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arms and the Super Committee]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arms-and-the-super-committee#When:18:01:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Congressional super committee moves towards its deadline for developing a deficit reduction plan, we need to make sure that its decisions reflect the national interest, not special interests]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-18T18:01:56+00:00</dc:date>
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