The three water crises dwindling freshwater supplies, inequitable access to water and the corporate control of water pose the greatest threat of our time to the planet and to our survival.
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Archive: Reports
Nervously and Rapidly, Iran Courts Egypt
While much of the world is focused on Bush’s attempts to demonize and isolate Iran, the Islamic Republic is forging new ties with an unlikely partner, Egypt.
Read moreHardliners Target Dtente with North Korea
The opponents of engagement with North Korea are sharpening their knives.
Read moreAfrica Policy Outlook 2008
The Bush administration is continuing its militarization of U.S.-African relations this year.
Read moreAnalysis: U.S. Department of Energy Budget FY 2009
Despite extraordinary dependence on foreign oil, the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 budget does little to find alternatives.
Read moreBush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
Voters—Republicans and Democrats alike—are telling pollsters they want, not a modest course correction, not a turned page, but a whole new book.
Read moreIs China a Threat?
When it comes to the putative Chinese military threat, the numbers simply dont add up.
Read moreMilitary vs. Climate Security
The Budgets Compared.
Read moreSovereignty Through Decentralization
To bring development, reconciliation, and stability to conflict areas, it’s better to think local.
Read moreNonviolent Action and Pro-Democracy Struggles
The United States is not behind the democratic revolutions against dictators. Popular movements are.
Read moreState of the Dream 2008
IPS and United for a Fair Economy find the subprime lending crisis is causing the greatest loss of wealth to people of color in modern U.S. history.
Read moreWooing the Islands
For the Pacific Island Nations, will it be Taiwan or China tonight?
Read morePushback to Unilateralism: the China-India-Russia Alliance
New China-India-Russia security cooperation: a threat to U.S. security or a door to true multilateralism?
Read moreThe Paradox of East Asian Peace
A peace structure in East Asia is both impossible and inevitable.
Read moreRevisiting Intelligence Reform
Congress and the next president must take U.S. intelligence agencies away from the Pentagon and put them under civilian control.
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