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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026
If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.
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Exclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court
The U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system.
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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It looks years for Dems to start using antiwar messages in their campaign ads after Iraq. It's taken months on Iran. Full story via @punchbowlnews.bsky.social here: punchbowl.news/article/defe...
Dem attacks mount. Josh Turek, the Democratic Senate nominee in Iowa, hammered his opponent Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) for opposing the resolution.

“While others said enough is enough, Ashley Hinson, Iowa’s least bipartisan member of Congress, voted to continue the war in Iran for a 7th time,” Turek said in a post on X.

Explicit mentions of Iran in campaign ads are increasing.

WinSenate, a Democratic group aligned with Senate Majority PAC, unveiled a $4.5 million ad campaign tying Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers to the Iran war in late August.

Will Lawrence, who’s hoping to flip the Michigan seat held by Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), said in his first general election ad that Barrett “spent billions for a war in Iran while our neighbors can’t afford their housing and healthcare.” (Barrett has supported several war powers resolutions to end operations in Iran.)
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@mattduss.bsky.social "The problem here is the opposite of what Moskowitz claims: Hawkish Democrats aren’t being marginalized enough in the Democratic Party." www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party
It is damn time we all started acting like it.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If Ds retake the WH in 29 "it would be extremely frustrating, and political malpractice, if yet another Democratic president had to expend valuable time and energy fighting with his or her own party leadership to execute popular international initiatives, as Barack Obama did with the 2015 Iran deal"
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Democratic voters are overwhelmingly anti-war, yet foreign policy hawks remain massively overrepresented in leadership roles. It’s a problem we need to fix. My piece in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party
It is damn time we all started acting like it.
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Global South Policy Hub @gsphub.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A multipolar world is here. The question is whether U.S. foreign policy adapts or ignores that reality. Read “A World for All" (ed. @mattduss.bsky.social) feat. chapter by @audedarnal.bsky.social & @cipolicy.bsky.social CEO @nancyokail.bsky.social Pre-order at 15% off: orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo...
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A World For All
A progressive blueprint for a foreign policy that answers to voters instead of donors, defense contractors, and Super PACs.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 04/09/2026
NEW POD: This week, I was joined by Executive VP at the Center for International Policy, Matt Duss, to reflect on the Panamerican Congress, my visit with leaders across Europe, and to discuss how we can build global solidarity. Watch below or listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Building Global Solidarity with Matt Duss | #26
YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal
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Global South Policy Hub @gsphub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW BOOK: "A World for All" A must-read on the future of U.S. foreign policy, with this year's midterms and the '28 election ahead. Features a chapter co-authored by @audedarnal.bsky.social and @nancyokail.bsky.social, ed. by @mattduss.bsky.social Pre-order at 15% off: orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo...
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A World For All
A progressive blueprint for a foreign policy that answers to voters instead of donors, defense contractors, and Super PACs.
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Aude Darnal @audedarnal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Proud to share that my chapter on the role of the US in the world order cowritten w @nancyokail.bsky.social in “A World for All: New Visions of US Foreign Policy” edited by @mattduss.bsky.social is avail for preorder at 15%off. It's is a must-read! orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo... @gsphub.bsky.social
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A World For All
A progressive blueprint for a foreign policy that answers to voters instead of donors, defense contractors, and Super PACs.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more...
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Opening ceremony of the Panamerican Congress, Palacio Legislativo de Uruguay, Montevideo. Over 150 legislators from 15 countries throughout the hemisphere have come together to confront the Donroe Doctrine. panamericancongress.org
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New Book Alert: A World for All www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/new-...
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New Book Alert! - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Late last year friend-of-the-blog Matt Duss contacted myself and a number of other writers with an opportunity; contribute to an edited volume charting a path for the future of progressive foreign pol...
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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“A World for All” - a comprehensive new vision for progressive foreign policy - is available for preorder. Foreword by Bernie Sanders, edited by Matt Duss. I cowrote the Latin America chapter. Please check it out!
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
They outed this guy. We need more of this. Names and faces.
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Jake Werner @jwdwerner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’m delighted to have contributed a chapter with Sandy Shan in this landmark book on the future of progressive foreign policy. In our chapter, Sandy and I lay out our vision for how the US–China relationship could be reshaped, making great power peace an engine for progressive global reform.
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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@mpaarlberg.bsky.social, @rachelrizzo.bsky.social, and @jwdwerner.bsky.social among many others
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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Featuring contributions by @atherton.bsky.social, @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social @maxbergmann.bsky.social, @tcambanis.bsky.social, @drfarls.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social, @zaha-hassan.bsky.social, @drnolahaynes.bsky.social @cjcmichel.bsky.social, @nancyokail.bsky.social
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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders and beautiful cover by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
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OR Books @orbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A group of leading experts offers a progressive blueprint for a foreign policy that answers to voters instead of defense contractors and Super PACs Co-publishing with @thenation.com and edited by @mattduss.bsky.social A World For All is available for pre-order now: orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo...
orbooks.com
A World For All
A progressive blueprint for a foreign policy that answers to voters instead of donors, defense contractors, and Super PACs.
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Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The progressive foreign policy blueprint is here.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I wrote the climate chapter for this--really pleased to part of this vision for progressive US foreign policy! Edited by @mattduss.bsky.social published by @orbooks.bsky.social with @thenation.com
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Excited to announce this new project, a collaboration by over 30 progressive thinkers laying out a new vision for US foreign policy. Coming in November from @orbooks.bsky.social Available for pre-order now! orbooks.com/catalog/a-wo...
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American Prestige @amprestigepod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Be sure to read Matt's piece for @thenation.com, “Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a ‘No Daylight’ Approach.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach
Though the speech broke from a failed approach toward Israel, it was still based on flawed and tendentious attitudes and history.
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American Prestige @amprestigepod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Democratic Foreign Policy Cartel w/ @mattduss.bsky.social Matt Duss of @cipolicy.bsky.social returns to the show, this time to talk about the fragmentation of the Democrats' foreign policy consensus. americanprestigepod.com/episodes/521...
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My comment: “Voters are fed up with an elite establishment that is simply not delivering for them, that doesn’t feel their pain, that doesn’t seem to know or care about their struggles, and that’s part of why Abdul succeeded.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift
With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadership
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Meet the Press @meetthepress.com · 09/08/2026
Chris Murphy says he’d ‘support a bad deal’ with Iran because ‘war needs to end’: Full interview nbcnews.to/4q6SpjX
Chris Murphy says he’d ‘support a bad deal’ with Iran because ‘war needs to end’: Full interview
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fantastic book talk last night at @politicsandprose.bsky.social in DC. Huge thanks to @mattduss.bsky.social for moderating, and for the entire crowd of great (and even very nerdy!) questions on all things anti-corruption and anti-oligarchy. UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY is available now—go get a copy!
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
DC friends! I'll be speaking about my new book UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY (out today!!) on August 5th at 7 pm at @politicsandprose.bsky.social (Wharf location), alongside the great Matt Duss. Hope to see you there!
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Center for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW STATEMENT 🚨 CIP Senior Nonresident Fellow @cjcmichel.bsky.social issued the following response to Sen. Schumer's announcement of new legislation to create an Anti-Corruption Bureau:
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"Though Mladenov has blamed delays in executing Board of Peace plans for Gaza on the refusal of Hamas and others to disarm, in fact, may be going according to plan." carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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The Board of Peace Plan for Gaza
The Trump-led board has laid out blueprints for “voluntary emigration” and land confiscation.
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I’ll share it, because I think this rampant anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry is not only accepted by a dying wing of our party but being used to win primaries (see Abdul). It’s on us to see it, shun it, and protect our coalition.
Screenshot of the exchange where Rachel Bitecofer says Palestinians cheer death.
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Rahm Emanuel’s speech in Tel Aviv marked a long overdue break from the failed “no daylight” approach to Israel, but still trafficked in the same anti-Palestinian tropes that have been used to justify it. My piece in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
thenation.com
Rahm Emanuel’s Speech in Tel Aviv Breaks With a “No Daylight” Approach
Though the speech broke from a failed approach toward Israel, it was still based on flawed and tendentious attitudes and history.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Good morning from DC—where you’ve got to look twice to see if the masked paramilitaries on the street are ICE or Patriot Front.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Elon Musk says that no one died because of his demolition of USAID, and that "Kristof is lying through his teeth." So here I invite him to join me on a visit to Africa to see for himself: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...
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Opinion | U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.
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Zuri Linetsky @zurilinetsky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Since @foreignpolicy.com has all of its content up for free this week, I’m re-upping my essay with @mattduss.bsky.social about how the Abraham Accords enabled the US-Israeli war on Iran. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/07/t...
foreignpolicy.com
How the Abraham Accords Fueled a New Era of Conflict
Despite promising peace, Israeli-Gulf cooperation paved the path to war with Iran.
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Center for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Appearing on C-SPAN, EVP @mattduss.bsky.social discussed the damage already done by the war with Iran — and what it means for America's standing in the world: "This war has been a catastrophe for the United States, for the region." www.c-span.org/program/wash...
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Watch the Sadat Forum on "Evangelicals, The Bible, and Israel", releasing a new UMD poll on the issue followed by a discussion with @mattduss.bsky.social, @janellewong.bsky.social, and @stelhami.bsky.social youtu.be/hapwz_WNM2o?...
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Sadat Forum: Evangelicals, The Bible, and Israel: New Poll and Discussion
YouTube video by Sadat Chair at UMD
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Trump's Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region. My piece in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region
The amount of time spent in DC obsessing over Iran compared to the actual threat it poses to our country’s security is insane.
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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Trump’s catastrophically stupid, and now hopefully concluded, war on Iran is a vivid display of how that obsession has distorted our foreign policy and ended up dramatically diminishing rather than advancing Americans’ safety and prosperity.” @mattduss.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region
The amount of time spent in DC obsessing over Iran compared to the actual threat it poses to our country’s security is insane.
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A lot of folks seem to be impressed by Vance’s criticism of Israel, but unless and until the administration shows it’s willing to impose actual consequences it means about as much as Biden leaking that he’s upset with Bibi for the 100th time.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
By knocking out key pillars of the postwar order, Trump has exposed its fragilities and forced a reassessment of how the United States engages the world. But restoring credibility abroad will require more than rhetoric.
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Building a Post-Trump Foreign Policy - Dissent Magazine
Progressives need to ground international commitments to democratic accountability at home and engage with social movements abroad. Few political figures have articulated this as clearly as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Open Markets Institute @openmarkets.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Our June 24th panel (below) will cover what a genuinely democratic foreign policy that puts people & shared prosperity ahead of concentrated private power would look like. With @alexandrageese.eurosky.social, former USTR Katherine Tai, @mattduss.bsky.social, & Aya Ibrahim.
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Democrats made a huge mistake in letting Trump take the antiwar lane in 2024. He quickly abandoned it. It would be staggeringly incompetent to allow him to retake it now.
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Abe Silberstein @abesilbe.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Yep. It's the anti-Trumpism of fools. The hawks wanted Trump's war. Now they must have Trump's peace.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
cosign. the problem here is that Trump started an insane, catastrophic, illegal war, and after you do that all of the options are bad. that is not an argument against a deal, it's an argument for not starting senseless horrifying wars
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Begging Democrats to resist the urge to bash Trump from the hawkish right, which only reinforces the very stupid discourse that enabled this very stupid war in the first place.
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
There’s a longstanding US bipartisan consensus around wildly inflating the Iranian threat. Trump’s war, a strategic defeat, was an expression of that consensus. If the MOU ending the war puts the US and Iran on path to a more normal relationship, that will be a positive thing.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If Trump actually ends his War on Iran it will be the single best decision he's made in the conflict, regardless of concessions. He disproved a core belief of the Iran Deal critics, that a better outcome existed through threats and force. Catastrophic failure, bombs cannot secure what diplomacy did.
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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Amen. The war was a disaster, and whatever deal Trump forged will be worse than the status quo ante. But the problem here isn't his failure to strike a tougher deal. It's his decision to waste so many lives and so many billions of dollars, for goals that wouldn't merit this even IF they were met.
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Matt Duss @mattduss.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Begging Democrats to resist the urge to bash Trump from the hawkish right, which only reinforces the very stupid discourse that enabled this very stupid war in the first place.
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