Stephen Semler is co-founder of Security Policy Reform Institute (SPRI), a think tank that works to align U.S. foreign policy with working-class interests. He also writes Polygraph, a data journalism newsletter. He has previously worked in the international humanitarian response to Syria, U.S. federal budget authorizations and appropriations, and policy analysis and advocacy. He is a listed expert with the Forum on the Arms Trade and Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

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