Are Trump’s stumbles a brilliant ploy to “deconstruct the state,” a political performance, or actual incompetence?
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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
The Hunger President
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos.
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Brexit, a Wake-Up Call for Europe
Britain has a lot to lose from Brexit, but the EU will fare worse.
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There’s No Strategy Behind Trump’s Wars — Only Brute Force
Trump’s wars are now all over the map. The peace movement can fight back by joining already thriving intersectional campaigns.
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Trump’s New Foreign Policy Is the Worst of Both Worlds
It’s blustery nationalism plus the conventional pieties of the foreign policy establishment.
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After the Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Muslim Ban’
Now that he cares about the fate of Syrian children, I hope Trump will open up our country — not bomb theirs.
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What Does Kim Jong Un Want?
It’s not too late for diplomacy with North Korea’s leader.
Read more Building a New Movement Against Militarism
As Dr. King noted 50 years ago, you can’t fight militarism unless you also fight racism and materialism.
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Trump, Syria, and Chemical Weapons: What We Know, What We Don’t, and the Dangers Ahead
Further military engagement by the U.S. is not the way to end the horrific carnage in Syria.
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The Invasive Species Threatening Our Entire Ecosystem
We’re not getting green enough, fast enough, to made a big enough difference on the increase in global temperatures. Meanwhile, Trump is out to strangle anything and everything in his path.
Read moreIPS Projects
Reports
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
