The Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development has a new name, but their commitment to their mission remains as strong as ever...
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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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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 Melvin A. Goodman
Jun-19-2013 | Article
According to Goodman, whistleblowers can help maintain a balance of power in the government and serve to counter the dangerous national security state and culture of secrecy in which we now live... Read More »
By Bill Goodfellow
Jun-14-2013 | Letter
In a Letter to the Editor, Goodfellow stresses the need for a negotiated political settlement in Afghanistan... Read More »
By Tom Barry
Jun-03-2013 | Article
As tensions rise in Chihuahua over water, farmers take to the streets in protest of the government's failure to protect their rights... Read More »
Jun-07-13 | Various locations
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America’s expanding covert wars... Read More »
May-30-13 | 1539 Longworth House Office Building
This briefing will look at how the U.S. administration has responded to the region’s shifting political dynamics and offer recommendations for improving U.S. relations with the rest of the hemisphere... 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 »
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The U.S. engagement in negotiations with the Taliban demonstrates a desire to find a political solution...Read More »
The Financial Transparency Coalition says G8 leaders did not seize the opportunity to pursue tax and transparency policies at summit that would provide economic stability and curtail corruption...Read More »
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Today's overwhelming vote is an important milestone as, for the first time, a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives joined with the American public in demanding an end to America's longest war...Read More »
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