Phyllis Bennis discusses the latest developments in Jerusalem and Gaza, and the explosion at a girl’s school in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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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
Why Human Rights Watch Designating Israel’s Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal
The report reflects the power of decades of work in defense of Palestinian rights.
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Immigrants to the Rescue
For countries facing a demographic crisis, immigrants are the answer.
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Does Biden Put His Money Where His Mouth Is On Climate?
Biden’s new climate commitment is the most ambitious in U.S. history, but still short of what science requires and movements demand.
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Reviewing President Biden’s First 100 Days
In his first 100 days, has President Biden fulfilled any of his campaign promises?
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America Hacks Itself
The Cold War has already turned hot — on the Internet.
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COVID Shrank the Global Economy, but U.S. Military Spending is Still More Than the Next 11 Countries Combined
The U.S. accounts for 39 percent of global military spending. That’s more than the next eleven countries combined.
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Biden Is Thinking Big on Jobs. On the Pentagon, He Should Think Smaller.
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
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Afghanistan’s Green Future?
Can Afghanistan’s mineral wealth finance a transition to a carbon-neutral future?
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Biden’s Pentagon is Still Trump’s Pentagon
Biden’s recent Pentagon budget proposal would increase Pentagon and war spending from $740 billion in FY2021 to $753 billion in FY2022.
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Reports
State of Insecurity
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
Multilateralism and the Biden Administration
The Biden Administration should help create stronger, more equitable, and more democratic multilateral structures at the international and regional level.
Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American people.
The Pandemic Pivot
Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of COVID-19.
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.