A CIP report finds that the ever-proliferating use of drones domestically has far-reaching repercussions ...
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Evidence shows that the Obama administration's reduction plan is quite modest, bearing no real comparison to post-Cold War entrenchment...
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An insider's critique of the US military economy from Eisenhower's farewell warning to President Obama's expansion of the military's power...
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Wayne Smith discusses advances for Cuba's working class on CCTV...
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William Hartung looks at the real economic impacts of cuts to the Pentagon's budget...
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GFI finds that Russia lost at least $211.5 billion from 1994-2011...
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GFI's latest study finds that Russia lost at least $211.5 billion from 1994-2011...
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With PDA as part of the Common Defense Campaign, we seek to reset US defense policy ...
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A PDA report takes a realistic view of security needs and proposes a military 20% smaller than today's...
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A CIP report finds no strategic direction for the U.S. Border Patrol...
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Billions wasted on unnecessary programs should be redirected toward pressing domestic needs...
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Following a very successful conference, we now have video coverage, presentation materials and more of the event...
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A blog focused on promoting an alternative strategy to the war in Afghanistan...
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ADP's successful summit helped shed light on a number of important issues...
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Prince Charles delivers a message for the Avoided Deforestation Partners' Rio+20 Summit...
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How does a dwindling defense budget affect nuclear weapons lobbying? Bill Hartung investigates...
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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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It became quite clear that Cuba and the U.S. need to talk and develop a plan in the case of an oil spill. The media was very receptive of this message and have published a number of articles covering the event...
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Win Without War weighs in on the Agreement...
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CIP receives Charity Navigator's highest rating for its second year in a row...
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A fact sheet with a few observations on the new foreign assistance budget for Latin America and the Caribbean...
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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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A war that never should have started finally comes to an end as the last US troops finally come home from Iraq...
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New report finds that despite the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, global illicit flows still approached US$1 trillion...
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William Hartung's 'Prophets of War' makes the Project on Government Oversight's list of 10 Books that Matter...
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Wangari Maathai was a larger than life figure who truly made a difference on the ground in a way that few have ever done...
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At a UN Climate Conference in Cancún, Walmart Chairman Rob Walton announced a commitment to sustainably-sourced palm oil for branded products...
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Selig Harrison on Jimmy Carter's visit to Pyongyang and the Obama administration's squandered opportunity...
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A report detailing new estimates for volume and patterns of illicit financial flows, finding that Africa lost $854 billion in IFFs from 1970-2008...
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A blog analyzing the disparity between our national values and our continued national security policies...
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A report proposing policy recommendations to improve American security and reduce annual costs by at least $60 billion per year...
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Elizabeth Newhouse reports on a day-long conference, hosted by CIP and James Early of the Smithsonian Institution, focusing on racism in the Cuban national debate...
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Check out the Just the Facts blog for posts on recently released government documents, the week's top news stories from Mexico, summaries of key hearings and more...
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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 special report by Selig Harrison detailing recommendations for both the Pakistani government's stance towards minorities and U.S. policy toward the region...
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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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The Americas MexicoBlog chronicles and analyzes, in English, the latest developments in the U.S. and the consequences in Mexico of U.S. policies in the War on Drugs, Immigration and Globalization...
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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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Plans for cutting the federal deficit have raised an important question: what impact would military spending reductions have on jobs?...
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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 Wayne Smith
May-20-2013 | Policy Brief
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... Read More »
By Tom Barry
May-01-2013 | Policy Brief
Tom Barry offers policy recommendations for the meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto... Read More »
By Tom Barry
Apr-23-2013 | Report
A report exploring how politics, money and lack of oversight have sparked drone proliferation, and what we can do about it... Read More »
By Matthew Hoh, Matt Southworth
May-23-2013 | Article
There is no military solution to Afghan political problems. Staying longer only costs more lives and money... Read More »
By William D. Hartung
May-23-2013 | Article
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... Read More »
By Tom Barry
May-19-2013 | Article
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... Read More »
Mar-20-13 | 14th & V St. NW
Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore welcomes Melvin Goodman to discuss and sign his new book, "National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism"... Read More »
Mar-11-13 | Gala Hispanic Theatre 3333 14th Street, NW Washington, DC
Join us for a screening of "We Women Warriors" to commemorate International Women's Day... Read More »
Mar-04-13 | Woodrow Wilson Center
Join us for a discussion of GFI's latest report on illicit financial flows out of Russia... Read More »
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Hartung calls for eliminating or scaling back projects, like a new nuclear bomber whose capabilities are better attuned to cold war ...Read More »
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Belt-tightening at the Defense Department won't cause recession, but scare tactics camouflage where real spending casualties are...Read More »
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The primary role of drones, agency officials say, is to monitor areas where on-the-ground sensors detect the movement of large animals – or people ...Read More »
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