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As militaries develop and deploy AI systems, they create the possibility of machines asserting power over life and death, without regard for the laws of war and the vital doubt and restraint they require. But what if that "doubt protocol" could be coded in internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Can Complimentary Learning Methods Teach AI the Laws of War? - CIP
Training AI models on edge cases of war offers the possibility of hard-coding compliance with laws or war, or at least necessary doubts.
internationalpolicy.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
Taxpayers are subsidizing arms companies’ stock buybacks and dividends. New research from me:
www.stephensemler.com/p/taxpayers-...
Taxpayers bankroll military contractors’ buybacks and dividends
Polygraph | Newsletter n°321 | 3 Nov 2025
www.stephensemler.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
🌐New analysis from @w2t2impact.bsky.social uncovered how the 1122 Program channels hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to militarize local police with minimal oversight ⬇️ Of 650 agencies using the program, 95% were law enforcement, not emergency services.
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The 1122 Program: Militarizing Police at Taxpayers’ Expense - CIP
internationalpolicy.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Really happy to publish @wesinjapan.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social on the history and future of disaster response internationalpolicy.org/publications...
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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w2t2impact.bsky.social
“Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us under the guise of ‘domestic terrorism.'”

- @nancyokail.bsky.social, President and CEO of @cipolicy.bsky.social, in @commondreams.org

Read more: www.commondreams.org/news/police-...
A Secretive Program Has Let Cops Spend Hundreds of Millions on Weapons of War, Report Shows | Common Dreams
An obscure federal program has allowed local police to be armed with hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of military equipment. "Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us," said the head of t...
www.commondreams.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Banning nuclear tests was both a moral and strategic decision that secured America’s nuclear lead. Restarting them would prompt others to follow and catch up. ➡️@joecirin.bsky.social in @msnbc.com

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Opinion | Trump is bringing back nuclear testing — and maybe an arms race
The U.S. stopped testing nuclear weapons over three decades ago and all other countries followed suit. If we resume testing, so will they.
www.msnbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
“Failure to take enforcement action against the UAE could condemn hundreds of thousands more civilians to death at the hands of the genocidal forces the Emirates have armed.”➡️
@nancyokail.bsky.social in @truthout.org

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October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
A decades-old federal program meant for “counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response” has become a taxpayer-funded pipeline for militarizing state and local police. @w2t2impact.bsky.social's report rings the alarm in
@theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/10/30/m...
An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new report.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Listen 🎧| @vanjackson.bsky.social joined @jeetheer.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s reckless plunge into conflict in Venezuela. 👉@thenation.com

www.thenation.com/podcast/worl...
The Rush to War With Venezuela
On The Time of Monsters: Van Jackson on Trump's reckless plunge into conflict in Latin America.
www.thenation.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
New Statement🚨 by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to horrific acts of violence taking place following the fall of El Fasher, Sudan to the UAE-supported Rapid Support Forces.

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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"You can't trust Donald Trump."

"But you can trust Trump to be Trump."

@mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President.

🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
cipolicy.bsky.social
En un mismo día, EE.UU. bombardea, deporta y compra petróleo a Venezuela. Así se resume la política contradictoria de Washington, dividida entre halcones conservadores y aislacionistas. ➡️@mpaarlberg.bsky.social en @eldiario.es

www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
América Latina, el patio trasero de Donald Trump
EEUU nunca le soltó el cuello a América Latina, pero Trump aprieta especialmente. El Canal de Panamá, el “Golfo de América”, el despliegue militar frente a Venezuela y la injerencia en Brasil y Argent...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Listen 🎧 | @mattduss and @EmmaShortis discuss Trump’s deployment of troops in the domestic United States, attacks on Venezuela, negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine.

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Trust Trump to be Trump
You may not be able to take the ‘president of peace’ at his word, but you can trust Trump to have his own interests in mind.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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forumarmstrade.bsky.social
Today, 80+ organizations issued statement strenuously objecting to recent changes in firearms exports - available in English y disponible en español - They argue: "Real harm, including to human rights and to U.S. interests, will follow this new rule."
www.forumarmstrade.org/2025firearms...
October 28, 2025 Firearms Export Letter
Letter from more than 80 organizations opposing changes to firearms export rules. (Also available in Spanish.)
www.forumarmstrade.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
"The credibility of any U.S. foreign policy initiative, by Trump or any president, is undermined by the U.S.'s own internal political crisis, visible to the world," @mattduss.bsky.social told the NYT

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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mpaarlberg.bsky.social
I was on It Could Happen Here with @jamesstout.bsky.social and @andrewsage.bsky.social talking about regime change disguised as drug enforcement in Venezuela, Petro’s career in Colombia, MCM’s Nobel, and why solidarity should be with people and not states. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Caribbean Roundtable - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p>James is joined by Andrew and Michael Paarlberg to discuss the Trump administration’s campaign of drone strikes against boats in the Caribbean and the regional response.</p> <p><strong>Sources:</st...
www.iheart.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
The US has spent over $38 billion since Oct 2023 arming Israel and backing wars against its enemies in the Middle East. Our Military Spending Monitor shows how the US accounts for two-thirds of Israel’s annual arms imports via @commondreams.org

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UN Expert Says All Nations With Ties to Israel 'Responsible in Some Measure' for Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams
A new report by Francesca Albanese, one of the UN's leading experts on human rights in Palestine, says that the dozens of nations around the world with military and financial ties to Israel are "respo...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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dylanwilliams.bsky.social
To be clear, this is Trump not only admitting to using military force without Congress’ constitutionally required authorization, but to committing extrajudicial killings — or in other words, murder.
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Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
“The Knesset vote may be symbolic, but the expulsion of Palestinian communities and rapid settlement expansion are not,” @mattduss.bsky.social said about Israel's preliminary approval of a bill to annex a settlement city in the West Bank

www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Trump to Israel: West Bank annexation could end US support
"It won't happen," President Donald Trump said of annexation.
www.al-monitor.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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stephensemler.bsky.social
A consequence of Trump wanting to deport a million people per year and swell ICE’s ranks by 10,000, as well as there being virtually no accountability in the U.S. national security state

www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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dylanwilliams.bsky.social
NEW: The International Court of Justice has issued an advisory opinion that Israel is legally obligated to facilitate humanitarian relief for Palestinians in Gaza—including via @unrwa.org—whose operations Israel has impeded in violation of international law.

Full ICJ opinion: go.icj-cij.org/43raTBl
October 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
“What’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire." @mattduss.bsky.social told @theguardian.com

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The ‘enormous conflict of interest’ at centre of Jared Kushner’s Gaza ceasefire deal
US president’s son-in-law was instrumental in getting deal – which could bring him huge windfall if plan to redevelop Gaza ever comes to fruition
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
cipolicy.bsky.social
Reports that the Trump administration authorized covert U.S. efforts to push regime change in Venezuela are deeply worrying. Read @mattduss.bsky.social response in @commondreams.org

www.commondreams.org/news/venezue...
Trump CIA Intervention in Venezuela Risks Another US War of Choice, Experts Warn | Common Dreams
“Using covert or military measures to destabilize or overthrow regimes reminds us of some of the most notorious episodes in American foreign policy," said a former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders.
www.commondreams.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Read this prescient analysis by @mpaarlberg.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...
El Salvador, Trump, and The Transnational State of Exception - CIP
Emergency rules in El Salvador are helping Trump defy laws in the United States.
internationalpolicy.org
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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mpaarlberg.bsky.social
Washington Post report details deal that I and other El Salvador watchers have been talking about for years: Bukele made a pact with MS-13, DOJ has known about it, and now Rubio’s State Dept is helping him cover it up by handing over gang leaders in US custody to Bukele to be silenced.
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM