CIP has joined the global call to end the prosecution of Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah and protect independent journalism in Egypt.

The UN needs a chief executive who stands against the wealthy and powerful who are driving violence and suffering, not one who shields them.

This commentary is part of CIP’s Iran project. Trump and US war planners misread Tehran’s perception of the war. Iran is not on the verge of collapse; on the contrary, its leaders are now committed to ...

Laos is the most heavily bombed country per capita in the world. That harm is at the hands of the U.S. military, which from 1964 to 1973, secretly dropped hundreds of millions of cluster munitions on ...

October 9, 2026 – In response to the Trump administration’s imposition of sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, Center for International Policy President & CEO Nancy Okail ...

On October 4th, reactionary Flávio Bolsonaro took the lead in the first round of voting over incumbent Lula, buoyed by the growing strength of Brazil’s right-wing evangelicals and despite Lula ...

The best way to set off a nuclear arms race across the Middle East is launching a war against the Islamic Republic. Despite over a decade of persistent warnings from Iran watchers and nonproliferation ...

October 1, 2026 – Center for International Policy President & CEO Nancy Okail issued the following statement in response to a new wave of online harassment against Iranian-American analysts and ...

October 9, 2026 – In response to the Trump administration’s imposition of sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, Center for International Policy President & CEO Nancy Okail ...

“In so far as we feel ourselves in any heightened trouble at the present moment, that feeling is largely of our own making.” – George Kennan The U.S. war in Iran has cost the American taxpayer $43.6 ...

This week in New York, I attended an annual meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, along with several ...