What can we do in Syria? Unfortunately, not much.
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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
President Obama Tries to Pass Guantanamo Closure Buck to Congress
As the Guantanamo hunger strike widens, the president deflects blame.
Read moreHow Contractors Got Billions for Bases
The Pentagon controls a huge collection of global military bases. The question is: Who is benefiting?
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In Tehran, All Eyes on North Korea
Developments on the Korean peninsula will almost certainly influence calculations made in Washington and Tehran.
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Video: Drums Beat for U.S. Military Intervention in Syria, but Israel Finds a Weakened Assad “Convenient”
The humanitarian disaster in Syria is mostly ignored as external powers vie for position to control the outcome of civil war.
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Video: Stephen Hawking Confirms Support of Israel Boycott
Hawking’s boycott of Israel will shake Israeli public the way sports boycott affected South Africa.
Read moreExpand Nuclear Weapons Programs to Protect Missileers’ Tender Psyches
Nuclear missile officers jobs weigh heavy on them but not for the reasons you’d think.
Read moreSpirit of Boondoggle Departs Quashed Los Alamos Project, Finds New One to Possess
The construction of an expensive new plutonium pit facility has been abandoned. Will it be replaced a collection of smaller buildings?
Read morePortugal Struggles to Meet Troika Conditions
In order to qualify for the next loan installment, Prime Minister Coelho must convince the European Union and the IMF that he can make draconian cuts.
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Infantalizing North Korea
It’s time for us to grow up in our assessments of North Korea.
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Reports
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.
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