We conduct research in Washington where policy is made and travel around the world to examine the reality of those policies on the ground. Our delegations and investigative missions enable CIP to expose policies that may be counterproductive to U.S. interests and harmful to citizens of countries on the receiving end of those policies.
See below for links to our policy research work.
By Nicole Ball
Mar-04-2015 | Policy Brief
The increased political willingness by UN member states to authorise the use of force has developed well ahead of their risk tolerance and matching capabilities... Read More »
By Nicole Ball
Nov-17-2014 | Policy Brief
Security sector reform (SSR) is increasingly put forward as a solution for a broad spectrum of African states facing security challenges. Yet, for a variety of reasons, there are relatively few examples of successful SSR implementation... Read More »
By Security Assistance Monitor
Oct-20-2014 | Report
Following close to eleven months of street protests calling for an end to his 33-year presidency, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a U.S.-supported transition plan on November 23, 2011. Former Vice President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was elected president in February 2012 in a one-man election. While the new government has made progress on parts of the transition plan by beginning to restructure the security sector and completing a National Dialogue Conference (NDC), it has yet to revise the constitution or hold new elections... Read More »
By Melvin A. Goodman
Mar-04-2015 | Article
Last week, David Cole concluded that the CIA got a “bum rap” from the Senate intelligence committee’s report on torture and abuse. As a result, he wrote an exculpatory brief for the CIA in the New York Times... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
Mar-04-2015 | Article
Congress must demand transparency about Obama's new policy to expand exports of armed drones... Read More »
By Tom Barry
Feb-26-2015 | Article
The Republican majority has refused to approve new funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Following the lead of the party’s most conservative members, congressional Republicans will reject a new DHS budget unless President Obama reverses his November 2014 executive order to protect more than 4 million immigrants from deportation. Republicans are right to obstruct the routine annual funding of DHS—but they are doing it for the wrong reasons... Read More »
Mar-11-15 | Constance Milstein and Family Global Academic Center 1307 L Street NW Washington, D.C. 20005
Join intelligence experts for an in-depth discussion about what’s working and what’s not with U.S. intelligence practices as well as a candid discussion about the future of national security policy... Read More »
By Carl Conetta
Sep-23-2013 | Fact Sheet
A selection of critical views and proposals on the way forward with Syria... Read More »
By Carl Conetta, Charles Knight,
Jan-25-2013 | Fact Sheet
A one page review and assessment of the change in US defense spending over 40 years... Read More »
By Carl Conetta
Jul-17-2012 | Fact Sheet
In this fact sheet Carl Conetta looks U.S. military spending compared to that of other countries... Read More »
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