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Statement from CIP's @mattduss.bsky.social on Trump's illegal attempt at regime change in Vemezuela

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Trump's Venezuela Regime Change Attempt an Illegal Act of War - CIP
Trump has launched an illegal and reckless regime change operation in Venezuela that violates both U.S. and international law.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Endless war is not inevitable. As the year closes, help strengthen efforts to promote restraint, transparency, and justice in U.S. foreign policy. Make an end-of-year gift to CIP:

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December 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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In #LookingAhead2026 video @jeffabramson.bsky.social @cipolicy.bsky.social discusses the U.S. approach to the arms trade and weapons use, and possible global implications including pushback
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December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Over at @cipolicy.bsky.social, I published two stories on CECOT/El Salvador. In May, @mpaarlberg.bsky.social made the case that CECOT's primary function is a way for the corrupt Trump admin and the corrupt Bukele admin to scratch each other's backs, disappearing political problems out of courts.
El Salvador, Trump, and The Transnational State of Exception - CIP
Emergency rules in El Salvador are helping Trump defy laws in the United States.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
In August, I published @anjalikdayal.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social on CECOT, and the very curious paper trail that officials in El Salvador at leaving, one designed to shift any blame for human rights violations to the United States. Those are actions made out of fear of future accountability
El Salvador’s actions show Human Rights law matters - CIP
By claiming compliance with human rights law, even as leaders vocally flout them, El Salvador’s shows those laws matter.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Under international law, even limited blockades are acts of war – a concerning escalation following killings at sea and a growing U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. @mattduss.bsky.social via @theintercept.com
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December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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An actual blockade would constitute an “act of war under international law,” @dylanwilliams.bsky.social told @axios.com
regarding the risks of Trump’s proposed military action toward Venezuela.
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Trump's Venezuela blockade fuels Caribbean campaign confusion
Many unknowns remain — but it could mark a sharp escalation in Trump's pressure campaign.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) Special Report on US weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates

Via @cipolicy.bsky.social by Scoville Fellow '26 Allie Hansen and Scoville Fellow '20 Ari Tolany. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) Special Report on US weapons exports to the United Arab Emirates - CIP
SAM’s Allie Hansen and Ari Tolany detail the volume and type of recent US military equipment sales and deliveries to the UAE, which have come under increased scrutiny amid further reports of the UAE’s...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Trump’s declaration of a naval blockade against Venezuela constitutes an act of war, breaking prior assurances that hostilities would require congressional approval and advancing a step toward conflict. ➡️ @dylanwilliams.bsky.social in @commondreams.org
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'Unquestionably an Act of War': Trump Declares Naval Blockade Against Venezuela | Common Dreams
US President Donald Trump declared a blockade on "all sanctioned oil tankers" approaching and leaving Venezuela, a major escalation in what's widely seen as a march to war with the South American nati...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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🚨New statement by @mattduss.bsky.social in response to President Trump’s social media announcement of a blockade on certain ships entering and leaving Venezuela – echoing the worst moments of American imperialist violence and domination in Latin America.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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forumarmstrade.bsky.social
Catch the Arms Trade panel w/ @jeffabramson.bsky.social @cipolicy.bsky.social, Elizabeth Rghebi @amnesty.org , @jwrchappell.bsky.social CIVIC, and Elias Yousif
topics (partial list): arms to #israel, transparency, Congress reclaiming oversight
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2025 Annual conference - Arms Trade Panel
YouTube video by Forum on the Arms Trade
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December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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mattduss.bsky.social
Trump’s aggression towards Venezuela echoes the worst moments of American imperialist violence and domination in Latin America. We should be moving away from that history, not rebooting it.

Statement from @cipolicy.bsky.social in response to the blockade.
Trump’s Venezuela Blockade an Act of War; Congress Must Act - CIP
December 17, 2025 – In response to President Trump’s announcement on social media of a blockade of certain ships into and out of Venezuela, Center for International Policy Executive Vice President Mat...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy
We must integrate the memories of survivors of American wars into how we make policy.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
This is, fundamentally, a vision of politics and foreign policy that honors the promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that demands leaders face at the start the consequences of the inhumanity of bombing campaigns. It's an argument worth hearing internationalpolicy.org/publications...
How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
My @cipolicy.bsky.social colleague Allie Hansen argues for incorporating survivor memory into policy making, to ensure that Congress feign ignorance about the consequences on the ground from bombings ordered in the Pentagon.

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SOLUTIONS, How Legacies of War Turns DISTILLED: Survivor Memory into Policy • Members of the House and Senate should join caucuses led by survivors of American imperialism. • Intentional staffing and witness testimony can promote survivor memory on the Hill. • Survivorship should be regarded as a form of expertise in academic and foreign policy spaces. • The collection and preservation of survivor memory of American wars and interventions abroad should be federally funded and publicly available. Allie Hansen for the International Policy Journal
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Integral to the shared humanity of all is taking seriously the perspective and expertise of
those who know what it is to be on the receiving end of promises to civilize through bombing, of wars of choice sold as necessary. It does not have to be this way. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Reeling from the horror of the War After the War to End All Wars, the declaration's authors declared "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights," & optimistically promised to convert pledge into policy, honoring the dead with never again

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How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Without confronting the testimony of survivors, it's that much easier to dehumanize people and permit atrocities against them. But humanity is universal: today marks the 77th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights internationalpolicy.org/publications...
How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Whenever decisions to bomb are made, from Nixon hiding a war 45 years ago to Trump and Hegseth gleefully sharing footage of bombings today, the humanity of the people seen through to bombsight is left out and ignored, safely quarantined away from policy
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How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
The perspective of those survivors, and their experience of seeing friends family and neighbors blown to pieces by aerial artillery, was not in the room where calls to bomb were made, though an American reporter who saw testified about it to Congress in 1971 internationalpolicy.org/publications...
How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
internationalpolicy.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
In 1970, as Nixon assured the country that American military action in Laos was “limited” and “defensive,” Laotians living through the bombings told the truth, & drew it viscerally in pen. These survivors knew the war better than the people bombing them.

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How Legacies of War Turns Survivor Memory into Policy  - CIP
We must intentionally reintegrate memory like that of the survivors of the Secret War in Laos into our policymaking process
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Reposting for the evening crowd. I wrote for @cipolicy.bsky.social on the only way to pursue a sustainable future in Israel/Palestine - by learning from past failures

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December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Read the full piece by @danaelkurd.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social!

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SOLUTIONS, Why We Must Learn from Past DISTILLED: Pitfalls in Israeli-Palestinian Peace • The international community must ensure the peace process holds the perpetrators of war crimes accountable • The Palestinian diaspora must be included in the peace process in a meaningful way, within the contours of a revitalized and democratic Palestine Liberation Organization • Any leadership that represents Palestinians in negotiations must be democratically elected • Those elections must be open to participation from political movements with armed factions to prevent them from acting as spoilers to the peace process • The peace process must be multilateral, rather than a project of an invariably biased US foreign policy Dana El Kurd for the International Policy Journal
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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atherton.bsky.social
Two years into the extermination campign against Gaza, and 32 years after the Oslo Accords, it's crucial to understand that the failures of Oslo were baked in from the start.

Any durable peace demands future efforts be far more democratic, argues @danaelkurd.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social
Why We Must Learn from Past Pitfalls in Israeli-Palestinian Peace - CIP
Oslo failed because it was an undemocratic peace, agreed to by unequals. Any enduring peace must be built democratically.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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While authoritarianism and militarism are on the rise at home and abroad, we’re fighting back with evidence, accountability and a commitment to justice. Support CIP’s work this #GivingTuesday:

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December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM