Over the span of 20 years, spending on ICE and CBP more than doubled alongside steady growth in other forms of militarized spending.
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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.
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When the Left Is Right…Far Right
How is it possible that so many left voters in France are willing to choose a far-right candidate in the second round of the presidential elections?
Read moreAbout That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors
This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
Read moreAfter Putin
Russia is increasingly becoming the Saudi Arabia of the north.
Read moreThe Five Plagues Testing Humanity
Nationalism and internationalism are conducting an uncivil war, and humanity is being tested like Job.
Read moreUprising for Black Lives Drove Cancellation of Joint U.S.-Israeli Police Trainings
Ending police exchanges will help build a world where our ties are of solidarity and common pursuits for justice.
Read moreBiden FY 2023 Budget Puts War Before Human Needs
The U.S. has relied for far too long on a false equation of military might and higher military spending with security.
Read moreSouth Korea’s New Foreign Policy of One Yes and Two Nos
The victory of conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol in South Korea’s recent presidential election will push the country deeper into the U.S. embrace.
Read moreOur Skyrocketing Military Spending Helps Pentagon Contractors—Not Ukraine
Less than one percent of the Pentagon’s new $782 billion budget is marked for Kyiv. About 50 times as much will go to for-profit corporations.
Read moreWho’s Enabling Putin’s Enablers?
If global oligarchy ‘business as usual ’ survives the Ukraine war, the rest of us will end up big losers.
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