Foreign Policy in Focus

Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) is a “think tank without walls” connecting the research and action of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner.

FPIF provides timely analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs and recommends policy alternatives. We believe U.S. security and world stability are best advanced through a commitment to peace, justice, and environmental protection, as well as economic, political, and social rights. We advocate that diplomatic solutions, global cooperation, and grassroots participation guide foreign policy.

FPIF aims to amplify the voice of progressives and to build links with social movements in the U.S. and around the world. Through these connections, we advance and influence debate and discussion among academics, activists, policy-makers, and the general public.

Latest Work

Albright and ISIS Still Believe Danilenko and Parchin Are Radioactive

A representative of the Institute for Science and International Security responds to one of our posts.

Self-Immolations in Tibet

The current wave of self-immolations may make the issue of Tibet impossible for either China or the United States to ignore.

Kony Case Reveals Millennial Generation’s Evolving Sense of International Justice

Research done by the Pew Research Center shows that military intervention and capital punishment are not as popularly supported by the millennial generation as by older generations.

China and Iran Breaking Up?

As time goes by and pressure placed on Iran by the international community grows, China has grown increasingly critical of Tehran.

When Kony Met Daisey

Should we let the truth get in the way of a good story?

Bomb-Iran Week Turns Syrious

Despite indications that direct military involvement in Syria would be unwise, strong supporters of Israel like John McCain have called for the U.S military to bomb the country, in addition to Iran.

Why Kony 2012 Fails

The controversial video provides a Twitter-like view of Uganda, political history, and U.S. foreign policy.

Can LOL Cats Help Avert World War III?

Les chats diplomatique.

Qadhafi Family’s Money Confiscated, Accounts Frozen

The Qadhafi family’s money is being confiscated by the new Libyan government and frozen by other states.

Kim Jong-il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations

Despite the recent change in North Korea’s leadership, it is important that talks resume between Pyongyang and Japan.

Iraq and the Limits of U.S. Power

Iraq is showing leading neoconservatives the limits of America’s influence in a country it laid to waste.

Swift Boat to Bahrain

Despite a pause on most security cooperation with Bahrain, the United States is still supplying it with boats.

U.S. Government Finally Catching up With MEK Boosters Like Ed Rendell

Shilling for the Mujahedeen Khalq is apparently seen by Washington insiders as a lucrative and low-risk way to enact regime change in Iran.

Irish Try to Wriggle Free of Mother Merkel’s Hair Shirt of Debt

Can the current Irish resistance movement turn the tide against the austerity madness that has gripped the European continent?

Iran Errata: Parchin and the Common Ground of Afghanistan

There’s never a shortage of misconceptions about Iran.

Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity

Honduran security forces are murdering, raping, beating, and detaining Hondurans — with U.S. aid.

Sanctifying the Killing of Muslims

The first crusade not only condoned killing Muslims, it turned it into a virtue.

Review: Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere

The global protests that took place in 2011 did not come out of nowhere.

Do Albright and ISIS Buy Parchin Clean-up Story or Don’t They?

The Institute for Science and International Security, no friend to Iran, struggles with the Parchin clean-up story.

“Please Do Not Pet the Islamists”

An Israeli “lawfare” group offers military tours of Israel and its borders.