Recent Publications & Commentary

The Continuing Plight of the Cuban Five and Continuing Disappointment with the Administration's Cuba Policy

by Wayne Smith

May 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 »

Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security

by Tom Barry

Truthout, May 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 »

Diplomacy Empowers Obama’s Syria Strategy

by Harry Blaney

Financial Times, May 2013 | Letter

In a letter to the Financial Times, Harry Blaney outlines options the U.S. can pursue in regards to Syria... Read More »

The Real Benghazi Scandal

by Melvin A. Goodman

CounterPunch, May 2013 | Article

In the light of the "Benghazi Scandal," Goodman explores other CIA debacles, stressing that the decline of the CIA and intelligence community can be corrected by one thing: the truth... Read More »

How to Stop Nuclear Proliferation

by Melvin A. Goodman

CounterPunch, May 2013 | Article

The nuclear imbroglio with North Korea has cooled off considerably, and the nuclear issues with Iran remain on the back burner. At home, however, there is a new nuclear concern that involves the removal of 17 Air Force officers in April 2013 assigned to stand watch over nuclear-tipped Minuteman missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota... Read More »