While the ruling red-green bloc is running on an anti-inequality agenda, an insurgent anti-immigrant party is drowning out their message with fearmongering.
Read morePeace & 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.
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What Trump Means by the ‘Deep State’
Sure, federal agencies have acted illegally — when the president tells them to. Trump’s war on the “Deep State” is entirely about impunity for himself.
Read moreIraq Should Be a Much Bigger Part of McCain’s Legacy Than His ‘Civility’
The “straight talk” people praise McCain for is actually what most of them can’t stand about politicians: They say noble words but cast ignoble votes.
Read moreRemembering Kofi Annan
He consistently expressed a powerful concern for poverty and human rights—but he often succumbed to US power and domination.
Read moreTrump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of Us.
The media treated Trump’s petty snub of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill named for the Arizona senator.
Read moreThe Best of All Possible Worlds?
The powerlessness of positive thinking in the age of Trump.
Read moreA Bold Foreign Policy Platform for the New Wave of Left Lawmakers
Socialists and other progressives are running for office on strong domestic programs. Here’s how their foreign policy platform can be just as strong.
Read moreBoth Parties Help Trump Boost War Spending
From dealing weapons abroad to developing nuclear arms at home, Democrats and Republicans have something in common.
Read moreWait, You’re Sanctioning Us?!
It’s time for the world to blacklist Trump, his associates, and his businesses.
Read moreDrifting Away from Peace
According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent.
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