Thrilled to welcome @jwrchappell.bsky.social as Senior Fellow at @cipolicy.bsky.social on nuclear policy, arms control & other crucial issues as we expand our capacity to build a foreign policy that prioritizes diplomacy over militarism Read his full profile: internationalpolicy.org/about/#john-...

NEW STATEMENT 🚨 CIP Senior Nonresident Fellow @cjcmichel.bsky.social issued the following response to Sen. Schumer's announcement of new legislation to create an Anti-Corruption Bureau:

Three years into Sudan's Civil War, Congress is debating amendments with the aim to lessen harm, but which stand poised to document the atrocity while continuing to arm the countries that are in turn arming the warring factions in the Civil War. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Congress Can Still Act To Prevent Atrocities in Sudan - CIP

To meaningfully stop the violence in Sudan, Congress needs to condition arms sales to those supplying the civil war.

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"What survived markup, then, is a framework that catalogs the war’s sponsors in exhaustive detail, equips the President to punish them if he chooses, and obligates him to punish no one." new at @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Congress Can Still Act To Prevent Atrocities in Sudan - CIP

To meaningfully stop the violence in Sudan, Congress needs to condition arms sales to those supplying the civil war.

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Even when host countries subsidize the garrison, it's more expensive to base military personnel abroad than it is within the continental United States, argues @david-vine.bsky.social in a new report published today at the International Policy Journal internationalpolicy.org/publications...

The True Cost of the U.S. Military in South Korea - CIP

The U. S. Government Significantly Underestimates What Taxpayers Spend to Maintain U.S. Forces in the Country

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In a new piece for @thenation.com, @sinatoossi.bsky.social and @nancyokail.bsky.social argue that the failures of US policy on Iran run deeper than Trump, even as Trump drives longstanding policy to its logical conclusion.

Before the shooting restarted, the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran held as its first article that fighting must stop in all theaters, including and especially Lebanon internationalpolicy.org/publications...

The U.S.-Iran War Cannot End Without U.S. Pressure on Israel in Lebanon - CIP

Attempts at peace between the US and Iran will continue to falter so long as the US is unwilling to take the Lebanon front seriously.

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@cipolicy.bsky.social's @negarmortazavi.bsky.social on how the Trump administration is trying to forcibly renegotiate, post facto, the terms of its MoU with Iran, and why Iran is determined not to let that happen: www.newarab.com/analysis/how...

How Trump is trying to rewrite the Iran deal on the battlefield

Analysis: Unable to force Iran to capitulate during the war, the US is using renewed military pressure to achieve what it failed to secure through negotiations

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Trump owns his war on Iran, but it builds on a series of failures in not just strategy but interpretation of results by Washington, flawed assumptions now paid for in human lives. The JCPOA was a genuine breakthrough; every move away from it made war more likely. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Thrilled to welcome two new senior fellows to @cipolicy.bsky.social! Yuman Rizvi joins as our Leahy Fellow on human rights & security, focusing on immigration & militarism, & @cjcmichel.bsky.social joins as Senior Fellow on corruption, as CIP builds an affirmative, progressive foreign policy

As the shaky ceasefire rattles and jostles, CIP's Negar Mortazavi takes stock of the state funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei, and what it means as a symbolic closing of that era. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

The Politics of Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral - CIP

Under the shadow of a fragile ceasefire, Iran transforms the funeral of its slain Supreme Leader into a display of defiance, resilience, and continuity.

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Cluster munitions haunt battlefields long after fighting is over, scattered bomblets remaining active for months years or decades, until painstakingly disarmed or tragically detonated. U.S. stopped purchasing cluster munitions in 2007, but restarted last year. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Recommit to Restraint in U.S. Cluster Munitions Policy  - CIP

Recent backsliding in U.S. cluster munition policy implicates international law, breaks with longstanding policy, and demands an answer.

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TOMORROW: "Towards a Democratic AI & Digital Sovereignty” Join CIP President and CEO @nancyokail.bsky.social for a talk on AI and democracy hosted by @broadbent.bsky.social as part of the Road to the 2026 Panamerican Congress.

The U.S. military describes the targets of its airstrikes in the Caribbean as "narco-terrorists", and conducts the strikes under legal authorities originally built up for the war on terror. Nearly a quarter century on, it's a live legacy of permissive violence internationalpolicy.org/publications...

The War on Terror Built the Foundation for Trump’s Violence - CIP

Congress declined to meaningfully check the blatant illegalities of the War on Terror, instead handing Trump expansive powers.

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EVP @mattduss.bsky.social on C-SPAN "This is a moment to step back and say — let's try to put Iran in perspective. Let's understand what we are trying to achieve in the Middle East. Let's understand why the Middle East is or is not important to American security and prosperity, & proceed from there"

The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region

The amount of time spent in DC obsessing over Iran compared to the actual threat it poses to our country’s security is insane.

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Appearing on C-SPAN, EVP @mattduss.bsky.social discussed the damage already done by the war with Iran — and what it means for America's standing in the world: "This war has been a catastrophe for the United States, for the region." www.c-span.org/program/wash...

The Memorandum of Understanding is an acceptance in text of what has long been apparent on the ground: the Trump administration was and is unable to achieve with force against Iran what had previously been achieved with diplomacy. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

The limits of military power and the promise of diplomacy with Iran - CIP

After failing to control Hormuz with military force, multilateral diplomacy is the only way out of the hole Trump has dug for himself.

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It's no secret that US-made guns often and easily cross into Mexico. These weapons, often obtained through perfectly legal means, bolster the arsenals and capacity of organizations that use them for harm. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Arming the Cartels – and so many others - CIP

Easily obtained American weapons fuel cartel violence, whether trafficked from US gun shops or exported legally to Mexico.

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NEW STATEMENT 🚨 CIP Executive Vice President @mattduss.bsky.social issued the following response to reports that the United States and Iran have reached a ceasefire agreement to be signed by the end of the week: #Iran 🇮🇷 #UnitedStates 🇺🇸

"Fans, athletes, journalists, officials, and civil society actors must be able to travel freely and safely for the event to function as a genuinely global gathering. Mobility, in this sense, is not a logistical detail. It is a democratic condition." internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Sports Diplomacy Under Pressure in a Fractured Democratic Landscape - CIP

Hosting mega-events while hostility to the free movement of people undermines the credibility of a democracy.

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CIP Board Vice Chair @joecirin.bsky.social tells @thehill.com: "I am hard pressed to think of any agreement where Trump has actually negotiated that has had a lasting impact." The Iran war hit day 100. 38 promises of a deal later, what does a real path to peace actually look like?

CIP Senior Fellow @negarmortazavi.bsky.social tells @thehill.com: “We know he cares about the media coverage, we know he cares about criticism. The criticism is factual when people say he is not winning. I think that is correct.” thehill.com/homenews/adm...

The Memo: Trump and allies seek to spin Iran deal amid hazy details

A fierce battle is underway to shape public perceptions of a deal to end the war in Iran — even though no such agreement has been arrived at and progress toward it was called into question by fresh…

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CIP Senior Fellow @sinatoossi.bsky.social tells @thehill.com "Iranians are basically saying as part of an end of war agreement they’re not going to give any nuclear concessions. They don’t want the war having validated extracting nuclear concessions from them" or taking the highly enriched uranium

US-Iran tensions rise, putting peace talks at risk

Tensions are rising between Washington and Tehran, putting an emerging peace plan that would have opened the Strait of Hormuz and offered relief to skyrocketing oil and gas prices at risk. The U.S.…

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CIP EVP @mattduss.bsky.social is calling out Trump's zero-enrichment demand as a "poison pill" - pushed by Netanyahu and Washington warmongers who wanted war, not a deal. His message: a deal becomes possible the moment Trump reverses that mistake. Follow @cipolicy.bsky.social for expert analysis

The US touts weapons sales as a form of diplomacy, a tool to build long-term relationships of cooperation with those buying American arms. The types of arms matter for this, which makes a November arms sale to India more interesting than its dollar value. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Arms Without Leverage: Rethinking US Security Assistance to South Asia - CIP

The types of weapons sold by the United States shape its relationships with other countries, and how partners manage crisis together.

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What comes next for the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran? WATCH: CIP Senior Fellow Negar Mortazavi breaks down the latest developments and the strategic risks ahead with @jeremyscahill.com. Link to the full interview: youtube.com/live/sqVXK1Y...

TODAY: The End of Managed Conflict: WHO Still Controls Escalation? CIP President @nancyokail.bsky.social discusses the Iran war & what regional escalation exposes about U.S. assumptions on deterrence, control, and the limits of power at Northwestern 📍University Hall, 201 📷12:30 PM ⏱️May 18

The End of Managed Conflict: Who Still Controls Escalation? A talk on the Iran War 5/18/2026

Join MENA Studies for a talk with Nancy Okail (President and CEO, Center for International Policy): The End of Managed Conflict: Who Still Controls Escalation?…

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President & CEO @nancyokail.bsky.social joined @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social to discuss Saudi pressuring Trump to make a deal with Iran. Listen here: www.backgroundbriefing.org/2026/05/07/b...

The Abraham Accords were sold as a pathway to regional peace and stability. Instead they’ve fueled a new era of conflict. New piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/07/t...

How the Abraham Accords Fueled a New Era of Conflict

Despite promising peace, Israeli-Gulf cooperation paved the path to war with Iran.

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It's been a while since I had the bandwidth to write anything, given the war on #Iran. Now as ceasefire holds & pundits insist on the 'who's winning?' frame -like halftime of a football match,I wrote this piece below. Welcome all thoughts & shares with those who care🙏 Thx @cipolicy.bsky.social

ICAN (International Civil Society Action Network)@whatthewomensay.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As a fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance, “who’s winning” dominates headlines. But war is not a scoreboard. For many Iranians, the future is lived in a suspended breath—held between hope & dread. ICAN's @sanambna.bsky.social examines the war on #Iran: internationalpolicy.org/publications...