Our Programs

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  Bill Goodfellow executive director

  Common Defense Campaign

  William Goodfellow was one of the founders of the Center...

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  Abigail Poe deputy director, CIP; director

  Latin America Rights & Security

  As deputy director, Abigail Poe oversees the day-to-day operations of...

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  William Hartung director

  Common Defense Campaign: Arms & Security Project

  He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin...

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  Laura Carlsen director

  Latin America Rights & Security: Americas Program

  Laura Carlsen holds a B.A. in Social Thought and Institutions...

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  Raymond Baker director

  Global Financial Integrity

  Raymond Baker is the director of the Global Financial Integrity...

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  Jeff Horowitz Founder

  Avoided Deforestation Partners

  Jeff Horowitz is the founder of Avoided Deforestation Partners, an...

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The Center for International Policy advocates a U.S. foreign policy that promotes international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights.

The Center for International Policy is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Through advocacy and policy research, CIP promotes transparency and accountability in U.S. foreign policy, while advocating a foreign policy that promotes international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights. Our work provides policy recommendations and analysis to decisionmakers in government, the private sector and civil society.

We are Washington insiders with an outsider’s agenda. CIP’s mix of former senior government officials, journalists, academics and activists brings insider’s access, scholarly rigor and media savvy as well as the passion and organizing skills of seasoned activists.  Our programs focus on long-term policy questions while quickly responding to breaking news. Our programs examine the policy implications of important issues, including the drug war, military budget, global financial integrity and climate change.

The Center for International Policy (CIP) was founded in 1975, in the wake of the Vietnam War, by former diplomats and peace activists. CIP’s founders wanted to build on the massive grassroots roots movements that helped end the Vietnam War and to make sure the lessons of the war were not distorted or forgotten. CIP’s mix of experts from inside the government and those from outside by choice has shaped both our methodology and our agenda since our founding.

Today, our four programs continue to strive to achieve advances in U.S. foreign policy that fall in line with our mission: international cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights.