Hagel's Strategic Review: A Reasonable US Defense Posture?
by Carl Conetta
Huffington Post, May 2013 | Article
Carl Conetta offers his insight to safely reducing US defense spending, freeing up more than $70 billion for debt reduction... Read More »
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Bravo for Tunisia: Hope Springs Eternal
by Raymond Baker
Huffington Post, April 2013 | Article
$28.8 million, of potentially $17 billion, in stolen assets have been recovered from bank account of former Tunisian dictator Ben Ali's wife, and will be returned to people of Tunisia... Read More »
Tax Haven Menace Must Be Addressed By Congress
by Clark Gascoigne, Raymond Baker
The Hill, April 2013 | Article
Tax havens are a menace to economies all over the world -- the U.S. economy in particular. Being one of the easiest countries in which to set up a tax haven, the U.S. loses $150 billion per year in tax revenue to offshore tax haven abuse... Read More »
Three Leadership Steps for Peace in Korea
by Charles Knight
Huffington Post, April 2013 | Article
Charles Knight recalls the Cold War era Soviet threat and points out Kim Jong Un's youth and vulnerability and Chinese interests to recommend 3 strategy platforms the Obama administration should use to handle North Korean aggression... Read More »
Obama Getting Ready to Reduce Nukes: A Step in the Right Direction
by Charles Knight
Huffington Post, February 2013 | Article
The Obama administration is scaling down deployed nuclear warheads even further than the provisions set by the New START Treaty, which called for a reduction to 1,550 by 2018. Along with Russia, the administration believes a number closer to 1,000 is sufficient.... Read More »
Analysis: Striking a New Deal for Defense
by Charles Knight, Carl Conetta
Government Executive, February 2013 | Article
During past defense drawdowns, Congress and the Pentagon got away with side-stepping cuts similar to those proposed to coincide with sequestration... Read More »
President Obama Must Prepare for the Sequester Squeeze Play
by Charles Knight
Huffington Post, February 2013 | Article
The objective of Republican leaders in Congress is to use the pain of sequester to force Democrats into accepting reductions in social and health security accounts. To achieve this end they are willing to let the Pentagon take a temporary hit.... Read More »
Illicit Financial Flows: The Scourge of the Developing World
by Raymond Baker
Huffington Post, January 2013 | Article
Illicit transfers of money away from developing countries are known as illicit financial flows, and they are one of the least talked about challenges that the world needs to overcome in order to fight global poverty... Read More »
Plundering a Continent
by Raymond Baker
All Africa, November 2012 | Article
Raymond Baker reflects on his time spent in Africa and his first-hand view of the illicit financial system... Read More »
Human Rights Conditions in Latin America
by Amnesty Int’l, WOLA, LAWG, CIP
November 2012 | Letter
CIP joins other human rights organizations in writing to Congress to ensure that human rights conditions are met in Latina America before aid is distributed... Read More »
