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Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2000-2009

By Dev Kar, Karly Curcio

Jan-18-2011 | Report

Updating its 2008 report, GFI has expanded the range of years analyzed, updated existing figures based on new data, and included a focus on Asia.... Read More »

Pakistan: The State of the Union

By Selig S. Harrison

Apr-06-2009 | Report

In a special report, Selig Harrison discusses recommendations for both the Pakistani government's stance on minorities and U.S. foreign policy toward the region. ... Read More »

Squaring the Circle: Security Sector Reform and Transformation and Fiscal Stabilisation in Palestine

By Nicole Ball, Peter Bartu, Adriaan Verheul

Jan-16-2006 | Report

This report was commissioned by the UK Department for International Development in order to explore the linkages between security-sector reform and transformation, including downsizing of the Palestine National Security Forces, at a time of political instability, on the one hand, and fiscal stabilisation and financial management over the medium term under conditions of significant economic uncertainty, on the other hand.... Read More »

Vietnam and Afghanistan: The more things change...

By Matthew Hoh, John Isaacs

Feb-08-2012 | Article



Two lengthy and devastating wars separated by three decades.

 One fought in the jungles of Vietnam and one in the mountains and deserts of Afghanistan... Read More »

A Decade of Mistakes

By Francesc Vendrell

Dec-03-2011 | Article

CIP senior fellow Francesc Vendrell on the missed opportunities in Afghanistan... Read More »

Matthew Hoh speaks at the City Club of Cleveland: How Do We End America’s Longest War?

By Matthew Hoh

Aug-26-2011 | Speech

Mr. Hoh will discuss the current conditions in Afghanistan, the impact of President Obama’s withdrawal of U.S. forces over the next year and alternative options for the U.S. and international communities. ... Read More »

Afghanistan: Gorbachev's Lessons for Obama

Oct-14-11 | CIP, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036

Come hear Jonathan Steele discuss his eyewitness account of the past 30 years of Afghan history, as well as discuss the policy moves Obama should be making. ... Read More »

The Relationship Between al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Rethinking the War in Afghanistan - A conversation with Felix Kuehn

May-12-11 | University of California Washington Center

Felix Kuehn travelled to Afghanistan first some 5 years ago, having spent several years in the Middle East including just short of a year in Yemen, where he first learnt Arabic in 2002.... Read More »

CIP in the Press
  • What's the Real Truth about the War in Afghanistan?

    Matthew Hoh interviewed

    KCRW, 02-08-12

    An Army Lieutenant Colonel praised by superiors for his "devotion to mission accomplishment" says reports of "progress" in Afghanistan are Pentagon spin. We hear from him and others...Read More »

  • Officer Blows Whistle on Afghan War

    Matthew Hoh interviewed

    RT America, 02-07-12

    Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis just submitted a classified report to members of Congress, arguing that the Department of Defense has intentionally and consistently misled the American people and Congress when it comes to measuring progress and conduct in what is now America's longest war. Lt. Col. Davis and Matthew Hoh with the Center for International Policy discuss....Read More »

  • Afghanistan 2013: America's Next Groove

    Matthew Hoh quoted

    The Atlantic, 02-03-12

    Last night, former State Department official and US Marine Matthew Hoh, now a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, and I had a very good discussion with Chris Matthews...Read More »