05-17-12
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) today called on leaders of the G8 to concretely tackle the issue of illicit financial flows and end tax haven secrecy when they meet this weekend at Camp David... Read More »
05-16-12
Today, 41 business and civil society groups sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging them to co-sponsor the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483/ H.R. 3416)... Read More »
05-01-12
“We are pleased to continue to hear President Obama express his support for ending the war in Afghanistan,” said Win Without War ... Read More »
William D. Hartung quoted
05-18-12
William Hartung comments on Rep. Turner's nuclear proposals for the Project on Government Oversight... Read More »
Wayne Smith quoted
05-18-12
“There is no standing agreement with Cuba on what to do in case of a blowout,” says Wayne Smith... Read More »
Wayne Smith quoted
05-17-12
"It's a very positive thing they give her the visa," said Wayne Smith, America's former top diplomat in Cuba... Read More »
William D. Hartung interviewed
05-03-12
Bill Hartung discusses Defense Department spending and the cost and necessity of the F-22 Raptors... Read More »
Laura Carlsen interviewed
04-23-12
Laura Carlsen discusses the Mexican drug war on CNTV... Read More »
William D. Hartung interviewed
04-06-12
William Hartung interviews for The Brian Lehrer Show, discussing the military industrial complex and whether cutting corporate influence could stop wars... Read More »
William Goodfellow was one of the founders of the Center...
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Read Full Bio →05-10-12 | The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Choate Room 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036
This conference will discuss the status of U.S.-Cuba engagement and cooperation on oil development in the Gulf of Mexico and what measures have been adopted in both countries to prevent and respond to major spills.... Read More »
04-28-12 | 900 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001
The first international drone summit will bring together people from various sectors to discuss drone use internationally and in the U.S.... Read More »
04-18-12 | University of California Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW Washington, D.C.
Join us for a discussion with Stephen Kimber on the flawed trial of the Cuban Five and his new book, What Lies Across the Water... Read More »
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Response by Harry Blaney
05-09-12
The French presidential election between François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy had dramatic results, which returned the socialists to power. The people of France rejected the failed policies of blind austerity; they said enough is enough! Europe may, at last, be rethinking its options and seeing a failed economic policy for what it is – an effort by the rich to thrive at the expense of the 99%. The question now is how long it will take Americans to come to the same conclusion with the Republicans in Congress forcing austerity blindly upon a hurting average citizen.
Response by Harry Blaney
03-08-12
No surprise…Putin did win and on the first ballot. Already commentators are talking about “the end of the Putin Era”….but the situation is not as simple as that. Putin is not by instinct a liberal reformer. He is nostalgic for the old Soviet Union and its KGB traditions. Bloody killings of civic activists, dissenters, and reporters took place under his rule and no one was ever brought to justice. The rule of law does not exist in Russia today and it is a long way from doing so as long as Putin and his clique see their power as the only goal.
Response by Stephen Miles
02-24-12
Earlier this week, the GOP Presidential candidates held their 20th debate of the election so far. With roughly 90,000 troops in combat fighting what has become the longest war in American history, the debate reached a new low. While in the previous 19 debates, the candidates devoted less than 1% of their time to the war, this time the war was barely even mentioned, let alone debated. If those aspiring to be Commander in Chief cannot even find 5 minutes in a 2 hour debate to discuss the war in Afghanistan, it is time we stopped asking our brave men and women to die fighting it.
Response by Harry Blaney
02-08-12
We are getting again into the silly season of politics trumping good sense and reality on security policy. The Iran issue has many levels of complexity, uncertainty, and contingencies, as well as clear dangers and a number of options or approaches. The main problem is the desire of some to drive the debate and work towards a single thrusting action of preemptive war. The time has come to stand back a bit and give thought to not only the options “on the table,” as President Obama said, but also about what can accomplish our goals with the least cost to human lives and the fewest serious unintended consequences.
Response by William Hartung
01-27-12
Although it will no doubt draw howls of anguish from the arms lobby on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon's five year plan as outlined today represents a modest and long overdue course correction. A budget that grows 7% in nominal terms and falls by only 1.6% in real terms over the next five years is not only manageable, it is far too timid to adequately address the twin goals of strategic reform and deficit reduction.
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