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
Rhetoric and Reality Clash in Inaugural Address
The United States has long been the number one military, diplomatic, and economic backer of the world’s most repressive regimes in the world, a pattern that has only been strengthened under the Bush administration.
"Play it Again, George"
As evidenced by George Bush’s second inaugural speech, the administration seems not to have shifted either its thinking or how it expresses its policies.
Guns vs. Butter Returns
Debating the surging defense budget and its effect on domestic spending went out of fashion after 9-11 with all that talk about Homeland Security.
Missile Defense All Over Again
Under President Clinton, it became U.S. policy to deploy a National Missile Defense (NMD) system “as soon as technologically feasible.”
The Network Paradigm of Strategic Public Diplomacy
With the nomination of Karen Hughes as the new undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, the United States has the potential to embark on a new and more effective phase in its communication with the international community, particularly with the Arab and Islamic world.
Stop the Torture
When President Bush took the oath of office, one pledge he didn’t make that he should have was to stop the torture.
Aid That Doesn’t Deliver
The Bush administration has pledged $350 million to tsunami relief. It??s a safe bet that at least $248 million of that money will be spent right here in the U.S.
Democracy Under Assault in Nepal
Nepal’s 14-year-old experiment in constitutional monarchy suffered a major assault on February 1, 2005 when King Gyanendra sacked the prime minister, formed a new cabinet composed largely of royalists, and established direct monarchical rule.
The Real Story of the Iraqi Elections
Amid the orgy of self-congratulation over the bravery of Iraqi voters, officials and commentators have ignored the most important story of the election results: a Sunni electoral boycott that demonstrates a level of support for the insurgency in the Sunni triangle that is far greater than what the administration has admitted.
Nepal–Nursing the Pinion
While the U.S., India, and Great Britain have sharply condemned the Feb. 1 coup by King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal, the policies of those three governments vis-à-vis the ongoing civil war in the Himalayan nation must share considerable blame for the present crisis.