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Matt Duss
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“They need to start acting like they really believe this is a crisis,” @mattduss.bsky.social told @cnn.com about Democrats’ response to Trump’s Venezuela actions and their challenges to check executive power.
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Even after Maduro’s capture, Democrats try to keep their focus on affordability | CNN Politics
Democrats are grappling with how best to respond to the Trump administration’s military intervention in Venezuela, as the operation to capture Nicolas Maduro highlighted foreign policy differences wit...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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"None of this use of military force has been authorized by Congress. Lawmakers must assert their constitutional war powers and force the president to remove U.S. armed forces from the hostilities with Venezuela that he has started."

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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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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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“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.”
Will Hegseth Go? Defense Secretary Faces Anger from Congress over Boat Strikes, Signal Chat
“Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.” Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict wit...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This #GivingTuesday, help restore peace, democracy, and human rights to the center of U.S. foreign policy. Your support powers our independent analysis and bold advocacy for a more just world ⬇️

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December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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If you want to know why Pete Hegseth is confident he'll face no consequences for blatant war crimes, just look at the list of people who attended Dick Cheney's funeral.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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“It would be deeply irresponsible and harmful to commit to 20 years of underwriting Israel’s war machine in light of its record of flagrantly misusing the aid and arms we already provided.”

—CIP’s @mattduss.bsky.social on Israel seeking a 20 year US aid MOU:

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November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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🧵Corruption, kleptocracy, and oligarchy should be the unifying theme of progressive policy — and, for that matter, center-left and liberal policy — and that’s been true for a very very long time.
Toward a Neo-Progressive Foreign Policy
In foreign policy, progressives are adrift, caught between dated paradigms that have not yet come to terms with the current geopolitical moment.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"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.

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October 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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"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

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Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
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October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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“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

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Trump to Israel: West Bank annexation could end US support
"It won't happen," President Donald Trump said of annexation.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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“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
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October 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Echoing CIP's statement, @mattduss.bsky.social emphasizes the need for sustained pressure to advance the ceasefire and achieve lasting peace for Gazans and Israelis.
October 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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“The Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors. Democrats need to stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs, and see if Americans will follow.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/o...
Opinion | The N.F.L. Gets It. Why Don’t Democrats?
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October 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🎧 Listen: @mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward's book 'War' and the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler.

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The Emptiness of Bob Woodward
On The Nation Podcast: Matt Duss on the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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New from @mattduss.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social: following President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House, and the Trump administration’s release of a “21-point plan” to end the conflict in Gaza.
Following President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House, and the Trump administration’s release of a “21-point plan” to end the conflict in Gaza, Matt Duss, Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy, released the following statement: "The world desperately needs an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, whose people have endured unspeakable horror over these past two years. Unfortunately, the 21-point plan released by the Trump administration today, while thankfully walking back from Trump’s previous goal of expelling Gaza’s people, contains numerous opportunities for Netanyahu to renege on his commitments, as he has repeatedly done in the past. It is not clear who has agreed to which terms of Trump’s plan, or whether Trump himself understands what is in it. Trump and Netanyahu’s remarks today were a litany of lies about the last 30 years, not a promising foundation for peace. "Despite his claim of being close to a deal, Trump's statement that Israel will have 'full US backing' to "'finish the job' in Gaza if his plan is not agreed to stood out most clearly. This would be more of what we have seen not only the last nine months, but the last two years, as the United States has unconditionally armed and subsidized a genocide in Gaza." "The path to a desperately needed peace remains the same as it has for nearly two years: using leverage and pressure on Israel to achieve a ceasefire that stops its atrocities, frees all hostages, ends the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and supports a real path to Palestinian liberation, without which the region will not know real security."
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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“the moment for building a great progressive majority party has arrived, a coalition asserting itself against a sclerotic political elite, our economic overlords in Big Tech and Wall Street and a radical right crusading against its own country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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State Dept's revoking visa of Colombia's president because he said in Spanish

"That's why from here, from New York I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity."

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September 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Recognizing Palestine doesn’t reward terrorism, it rewards diplomacy. The failure to do so for so long is what led to Oct 7. But now states must follow up that recognition with concrete action.

My piece in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/25/p...
Recognize Palestine, Then Put Real Pressure on Israel
Meaningful international support for Palestinian liberation remains necessary to defeat terrorism.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future.

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How to fix America
‘Our politics is deeply corrupt and people need to understand that’
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September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Democrats should build their future policy platform against one clear idea: anti-corruption.

And this should go not just for domestic policy, but for foreign policy as well.

Writing on the topic with Trevor Sutton and Matt Duss for @foreignaffairs.com:

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The Anticorruption Angle
Democrats should build a foreign policy around fighting graft.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Unlike Trump, Lula's UN address offered a “positive and unifying vision of the multilateral system, of international law and of norms that uphold human dignity and human security. As far as I could tell, Lula was the real leader of the free world today.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump at U.N.: ‘Your countries are going to hell’
The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. President Donald Trump said the U.N. is not up to its task, and that the world is suffering because of it.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The Palestinians in El Salvador – A Prosperous, yet Largely Depoliticized Diaspora.

@mpaarlberg.bsky.social traces 19th-century Palestinian immigration to El Salvador and the community’s economic, cultural, and political evolution.

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The Palestinians in El Salvador
Highlight - A Prosperous, yet Depoliticized Diaspora - El Salvador, one of the smallest countries in Central America, is an unlikely home for what has become the third largest Palestinian diaspora in....
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September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Senators, representatives, and Presidential aspirants can all work to change this back to a first principle of restraint, and they should do so, argues John Ramming Chappell for @cipolicy.bsky.social. internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Congress should reintroduce the National Security Powers Act and National Security Reforms and Accountability Act, or other legislation to reassert congressional authority over arms sales, and work toward a mark-up. Advocates and researchers should connect crises to the structures that made them possible. Presidential aspirants should commit to working with Congress to overhaul the arms sales framework. Ultimately, arms sales should be guided by a “first, do no harm” ethos.
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM