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Matthew Duss

Matthew Duss is the executive vice president at the Center for International Policy. He served as a foreign-policy advisor to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders from 2017 to 2022.

Articles by Matthew Duss

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Biden’s New Plan for the Middle East Is More of the Same

Argument

February 14, 2024, 1:54 PM

(L to R) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; U.S. President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; and Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022.

The End of Biden’s Middle East Mirage

Argument

October 19, 2023, 5:19 AM

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaves the Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago.

Latin America Doesn’t Want to Be Forced Into Cold War 2.0

Argument

September 1, 2023, 3:13 PM

An Israeli border guard stands by a closed checkpoint entrance leading to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Discrimination May Be Written Into U.S. Law

Argument

Zaha Hassan, Matthew Duss

June 20, 2023, 2:14 PM

President Joe Biden walks with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (L) to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 27, 2021.

The Era of Neoliberal U.S. Foreign Policy Is Over

Argument

Matthew Duss, Ganesh Sitaraman

May 18, 2023, 8:05 AM

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a 2023 forum in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Calling Trump an Anti-Imperialist Is Nonsense

Argument

April 18, 2023, 1:02 PM

An Iraqi man piles up artillery shells to recycle the metal in Fallujah, Iraq, on June 15, 2003.

Foreign-Policy Dissenters Deserve a Fair Hearing

Argument

February 23, 2023, 11:04 AM

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Can Europe Stop Israel From Electing Another Right-Wing Government?

Argument

December 11, 2014, 9:30 AM

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Iran nuclear negotiations remain the best path forward

The Middle East Channel

April 13, 2012, 11:23 AM

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Iran negotiations have been a force multiplier

The Middle East Channel

Meir Javedanfar, Matthew Duss

September 27, 2011, 8:06 PM

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The martyr state myth

The Middle East Channel

August 24, 2011, 6:21 PM

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Happy anniversary, Iraq War

The Middle East Channel

Matthew Duss, Michael Cohen

March 21, 2011, 7:14 PM

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Linkage and its discontents: What WikiLeaks reveals about Israel-Palestine

The Middle East Channel

December 16, 2010, 4:02 PM

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Palestine: The latest Middle East security state?

The Middle East Channel

October 19, 2010, 3:45 PM

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Looking forward to July 6

The Middle East Channel

Matthew Duss, David Halperin

July 2, 2010, 5:41 PM

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