Center for International Policy

American organization
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Also known as: CIP
Quick Facts
Date:
1975 - present
Headquarters:
Washington, D.C.

Center for International Policy (CIP), privately funded nongovernmental organization dedicated to promoting a U.S. foreign policy that is based on demilitarization, international cooperation, and respect for human rights. Headquarters are in Washington, D.C. The CIP was created in 1975 by former diplomats and peace activists who opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The group formed alliances with members of Congress and was influential in a number of notable foreign-policy achievements, including making sure the U.S. government considered a country’s human rights record when allocating foreign aid and ensuring the acceptance by four Central American countries of the peace plan ...(100 of 236 words)