Trump is doing whatever he can to make it impossible for his successor to resolve some of the world’s most intractable problems.
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Peace & Foreign Policy
To build peace, we must dislodge the economic and political foundations of war. IPS believes that a just foreign policy is based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.
Latest Work
Trump and the Troops
The alternative to Trump is not the glorification of military service. It’s promoting the kind of service that gets fewer people killed.
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How Trump Will Try to Win the Election
Donald Trump hates to lose. Here’s how he’ll try to steal an electoral victory.
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15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, It’s Time to Demilitarize Disaster Relief
Instead of funneling hundreds of billions of dollars each year into militarism, we can invest in the infrastructure of care we need to keep each other safe.
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A Memo to the Next President
The next president can’t just clean up Trump’s mess. They’ll have to prevent a resurgence of Trumpism — and learn from Obama’s mistakes.
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The Israel-UAE Deal Isn’t About Peace at All
The U.S.-brokered pact makes no pretense of peace for Palestinians. Instead, it sharpens a regional coalition against Iran.
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Austerity Politics Aren’t Going to Cut Out of Control Pentagon Spending
The call to cut military spending should be paired with a demand for the investments that are worth making — and a critique of the wars that aren’t.
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COVID-19 and the End of Autocrats
The outbreak of COVID-19 initially looked like a gift to autocrats around the world — until they botched it.
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Spending More on the Military Means Lining the Pockets of Top Defense Industry Executives
Until we address the Pentagon’s revolving door, private corporate interests are always going to be put ahead of public well-being and care.
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What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?
Trump shrugged at 150,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths. Who’s to say he’s above starting a fight with China or Iran?
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Reports
Report: No Warming, No War
In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.
Report: The Battle For Another World
The Progressive Response to the New Right
Report: Poor People’s Campaign Moral Budget
Everybody Has the Right to Live
Tax Day 2019: Where Your Personal Income Taxes Were Spent in 2018
How Enriching the 1% Widens the Racial Wealth Divide