Our Work
At IPS, our work is centered in our vision: we believe everyone has a right to thrive on a planet where all communities are equitable, democratic, peaceful, and sustainable. Our intersecting programs and initiatives, led by a diverse group of expert staff and associate fellows, are helping to shape progressive movements toward this vision.
Latest Work
Lebanon Ceasefire
Talking Points for the Time-Crunched
Oil Pressure
When it comes to oil, the U.S. is bypassing democracy in Iraq.
If It Looks Like a Landmine, Smells Like a Landmine…
The Pentagon claims to have built a better landmine that targets soldiers and spares civilians. These two leaders of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines say: Back to the drawing board.
Cuba, Misunderestimated
It’s time to let Americans go to Cuba, erode the embargo and open the island to cultural and political currents that might bring pleasant and democratic winds of change.
The United States, the UN, and the Lebanon Ceasefire
A shaky ceasefire is in place in Lebanon. Will ambiguities doom the agreement?
Iraq’s Sectarian Bloodshed "Made in the USA"
Iraqi Shia and Sunnis have lived in harmony for centuries, the U.S. changed that.
Hubris and Humanitarianism
Nation-building is a bloody affair. Just ask the Angles or the Visigoths.
How Washington Goaded Israel
Crippling Hezbollah was only the first stage in a U.S.-Israeli plan to remake the Middle East.
A Second Rebirth for East Timor?
Prodded in part by the Bush administration, the UN withdrew from East Timor too early. After several months of violence convulsed the island nation, the UN and the United States now have a second chance to get it right.
Islam’s Two Faces?
The United States, when it looks at Islam, suffers from a peculiar disorder of the eyes that perhaps only the great neurologist Oliver Sacks can properly diagnose. Where there is a great multiplicity of sects, beliefs, and approaches in Islam, the U.S. government has a stubborn double vision.