The Pentagon’s newfound reasons to keep spending American lives and tax dollars are suspect.
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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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Bombs Bursting in Air
Nuclear weapons and landmines are still with us.
Read moreShovel Ready
Either you’re too big to fail or too small to matter.
Read moreMiddle East: What’s Hot — North, What’s Not — South
Turkey, Iran, and Syria are displacing Egypt, Saudi Arabia as the power players in the Middle East.
Read moreAfrica: No Butter, But Lots of Guns
The G8 is reneging on humanitarian aid pledges to Africa while U.S. military aid to Africa swells.
Read moreNationwide Day of Action Condemns Risky Canadian Dirty Oil Pipeline
Clean energy advocates, landowners, indigenous activists unite to say pipeline puts lives, environment and property in peril.
Read moreLook to Women to End Conflict in Kyrgyzstan
In the aftermath of the violence in Kyrgyzstan this summer, women are again coming together for common action.
Read moreA Way Forward: Reexamining the Pentagon’s Spending Habits
What can you get for a trillion dollars? A new report looks at how how the Pentagon can contribute significantly to deficit reduction while advancing national security goals.
Read moreCosta Rica’s Love-Hate Relationship With Heavy US Military Footprint
Why has the United States dispatched a massive force to Costa Rica of all places?
Read moreImmigrants Don’t Hog Farm Jobs
United Farm Workers uses a creative campaign to build support for reform.
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