Pentagon Spending in Massachusetts
By William D. Hartung
Apr-06-2018 | Report
Massachusetts ranked 9th (USA Spending) in the country in Department of Defense (DoD) awards during FY2017, receiving $10.3 billion... Read More »
Congressional Inaction is...
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Striking a Balance in U.S. Arms Export Policy...
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A discussion with Bill Hartung & Don Cooney on the bloated military budget, it's effects, and what can be done....
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Ben Freeman interview with Al Jazeera...
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.Cuba has long been viewed as a world leader in hurricane preparedness and recovery...
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CIP has chosen Salih Booker as its new ED to succeed William Goodfellow beginning September 1, 2017...
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Spare foreign aid, cut Pentagon arms and training programs...
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For the military-industrial complex... many of Trump’s national security picks are...
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"I’m still numb from the results of yesterday’s election. But I do know one thing. People of good will need to come together and find a way to fight back against the worst of what’s to come." William Hartung, director Arms & Security project...
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History offers lessons for finally ending the conflict with the Taliban...
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The $70 billion-per-year global arms trade doesn’t get nearly enough coverage, but a new report offers an important exception to that rule...
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Academy Award®-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson’s new film explores the comprehensive scope of the climate change crisis and examines the power of solutions already available...
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When President Obama visits Saudi Arabia for a meeting with representatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, he should avoid doing what he did at Camp David last May, the last time he met with them: promise more arms sales...
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The story of financial secrecy is finally trending, but piecemeal transparency will not do...
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'Iraq syndrome' will limit new president's options. The populist presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have been fueled by deep disillusionment. A stark rift has opened between the two candidates and the two parties...
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We at the FTC are readying for the next phase of efforts to make the global financial system work for everyone...
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The President is proposing that we spend $583 billion on the Pentagon next year, compared to just $69.4 billion for the Department of Education and $52.7 billion for the Department of State...
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The Reset Defense Bulletin is a review of strategic issues published eleven times a year by the Project on Defense Alternatives- edited by Charles Knight and Carl Conetta....
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At the World Economic Forum 30 forest advocates create a collective message for country leaders gathered in Paris for the COP21 UN Climate Summit: “Save the forests, and we can save our climate.” Narrated by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE...
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Time to Choose is making history as the first feature length film to live stream on The Huffington Post. The film will be aired for 48 hours coinciding with COP21 where it will be screened at two special events
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CIP and the New York Botanical Garden Applaud Agreement to Improve Cooperation on Environmental Issues...
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The OECD standard is likely to worsen existing inequalities in the international distribution of corporate taxing rights...
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CIP is pleased to launch Security Assistance Monitor, an interactive database of all publicly accessible information on U.S. security and defense assistance programs worldwide...
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Years of Living Dangerously won an Emmy this year for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series...
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William D. Hartung's latest report debunks the exaggerated claims made by Lockheed Martin about F-35 production...
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The overt violence from Mexico's war on drugs obscures the Army's human rights violations...
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Bob received the Center for Justice & Accountability's 2012 Human Rights Award...
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A GFI report finds that Mexico lost a total of $872 billion in illicit financial flows from 1970 to 2010...
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Selig Harrison on Jimmy Carter's visit to Pyongyang and the Obama administration's squandered opportunity...
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The 2011 Task Force conference focused on the implications of and solutions to the shadow financial system...
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A report estimating the quantity and patterns of illicit financial flows coming out of developing countries from 2000 - 2009...
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Tom Barry explains the Texas style of border security: heavy on outsourcing and lacking in evaluation or accountability...
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Tom Barry's newest book, Border Wars, weaves together the inside stories of the rising border hawks, the border immigrant gulag, Rick Perry's border security campaign in Texas, and the new drug wars in the borderlands...
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By William D. Hartung
Apr-06-2018 | Report
Massachusetts ranked 9th (USA Spending) in the country in Department of Defense (DoD) awards during FY2017, receiving $10.3 billion... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
Mar-24-2018 | Report
Michigan ranked 24 th (USA Spending) in the country in terms of Department of Defense (DoD) awards during FY2017, receiving $3.09 billion 1... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
Mar-07-2018 | Report
Major Changes in Types of Weapons and Recipient Countries Compared to Obama Puts U.S. Manufacturing Jobs and Human Rights at Risk ... Read More »
By Harry Blaney
Apr-23-2018 | Letter
As reported in the April 18 news article “Saudi Arabia says it’s open to sending troops to Syria as U.S. draws down,” we have yet to find a good approach to Syria... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
Apr-22-2018 | Article
It's pitched as a way to cut waste — but would make the misallocation of our tax dollars more likely... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
Apr-19-2018 | Article
In a move that poses grave risks to U.S. security, the Trump administration’s newly released conventional arms transfer policy will put jobs and the interests of arms manufacturers ahead of safety, security, and human rights in its decisions on who the United States should arm... Read More »
May-11-18 | University Book Store 4326 University AVE NE Seattle WA 98105
Join us for a Q and A with CIP Senior Fellow, Mel Goodman on his book, Whistleblower at the CIA... Read More »
Apr-12-18 | Thursday, April 12, 2018 (Lunch) TIME: 11:30am – Bar opens; 12:15pm – Lunch served; 1-2pm – Presentation and Q&A EVENT TYPE: Speaker Luncheon
Join CIP's William Hartung at the Women's National Democratic Club for a lecture and lunch. This talk will discuss the consequences of our current approach to solving complex security challenges, and how to create a more effective, less militarized approach to protecting America and the world... Read More »
Apr-09-18 | Panel A Continuing Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: The Weapons Lobby: William Hartung (Center for International Policy)
MIT Panel A - Continuing Dangers from Nuclear Weapons: The Weapons Lobby: William Hartung (Center for International Policy)... Read More »
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Defense firms are shedding value after President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron cooled the prospect of intervention after talking openly on the grave international situation in North Korea, and the Iran nuclear deal...Read More »
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iran against threatening the United States ahead of his planned decision on the Iran nuclear deal in May, suggesting to reporters he would be open to attacking the country...Read More »
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The confirmation of Pompeo and Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel would "normalize torture" and "increase the likelihood of war," more than 50 progressive organizations warned...Read More »