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The Year in Financial Transparency
We at the FTC are readying for the next phase of efforts to make the global financial system work for everyone...
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Violence in El Salvador
El Salvador closed out 2015 with 6,657 murders, replacing Honduras as the murder capital of the world. In a series of
posts, CIP and LAWG report on El Salvador’s current security situation and provide recommendations...
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Wasteful Spending
The President is proposing that we spend $583 billion on the Pentagon next year, compared to just $69.4 billion for
the Department of Education and $52.7 billion for the Department of State...
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Stop the Burning
At the World Economic Forum 30 forest advocates create a collective message for country leaders gathered in Paris
for the COP21 UN Climate Summit: “Save the forests, and we can save our climate.― Narrated by Dr. Jane
Goodall, DBE...
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Latest Research
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Don’t Get Fooled Again: Pentagon Waste and Congressional Oversight
A Report by William D. Hartung
February 2016
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NO DEFORESTATION, NO PEAT, NO EXPLOITATION
An Article by Glenn Hurowitz
January 2016
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Mercenaries in Yemen--the U.S. Connection
An Article by Laura Carlsen
December 2015
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Bill Goodfellow executive director
William Goodfellow was one of the founders of the Center...
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William Hartung director
ARMS & SECURITY PROJECT
He is the author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin...
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Laura Carlsen director
AMERICAS PROGRAM
Laura Carlsen holds a B.A. in Social Thought and Institutions...
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Jeff Horowitz founder
AVOIDED DEFORESTATION PARTNERS
Jeff Horowitz is the founder of Avoided Deforestation Partners (www.adpartners.org),...
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CIP in the Press
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Crime, Violence Driving Migration from Central America: Reports
Security Assistance Monitor quoted
Insight Crime, 03-02-16
Recent research conducted in El Salvador by the Center for International Policy (CIP) and the Latin America Working
Group (LAWG) found that "criminal organizations are by far the main violent actors causing internal displacement" in
the country, which often serves as a precursor to emigration abroad...READ MORE »
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The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture
Brooklyn Magazine, 03-01-16
070 MONTANA SIMONE artist, Director of Idio Gallery, and CIP board member. Montana Simone has been pouring
lots of time and energy into making Idio Gallery a bustling new Bushwick locus for art exhibitions and happenings,
and it’s really been paying off of late. Certain basement performances have proven particularly indelible. Keep
Montana and Idio on your radar...READ MORE »
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EU Parliament Adopts Call for an Arms Embargo Against Saudi Arabia
William D. Hartung interviewed
TheRealNews.com, 02-26-16
Arms expert Willian Hartung says a more concerted effort by global actors will be needed to stop Saudi
aggression...READ MORE »
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MELVIN GOODMAN Whistleblower at the C.I.A. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert
04-14-16
Advance tickets: $12 brownpapertickets.com T: 800-838-3006 or Books, Inc, Pegasus, Moe’s, Walden Pond
Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s S.F. – Modern Times. $15 door... READ MORE »
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The Cost of American Militarism
02-27-16
Mel Goodman will discuss The Cost of American Militarism Saturday, February 27, 7:00 PM... READ MORE »
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