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
Humanitarian Military Intervention
A proposal for just change in U.S. foreign policy.
The U.S. and the Israeli-Syrian Peace Process
The United States must make human rights a cornerstone of its Middle East policy.
Lebanon: Key Battleground for Middle East Policy
The end of the cold war has seemingly only hardened American unilateralism toward Lebanon and the Middle East.
Central Asia: Aral Sea Problem
The breakup of the Soviet Union brought great hopes that the successor states would embark on a path toward building free market democracies.
Multilateral Debt Burden
A global movement called Jubilee 2000, which calls for external debt cancellation for the poorest and most indebted countries, has gained great momentum.
Structural Adjustment Programs & Poverty Reduction Strategy
Since the late 1970s the U.S. has been a principal force in imposing structural adjustment programs (SAPs) on the governments of the global South.
The IMF & Good Governance
For a number of reasons, the IMF is facing an identity crisis.
U.S.-China-Taiwan Military Relations
Despite frequent alarms about the supposed China threat, China is not an emerging superpower.
Ozone Depletion & Global Warming
Instead of looking back at the successful CFC phaseout, the U.S. needs to be looking toward the future and working to rapidly phase out all ozone depleting substances without compromising the goals of other treaties.
Reassessing Tibet Policy
Washingtons policy ignores Tibets complex history, is driven by domestic politics, and is inherently contradictory.