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
The Hand-Over that Wasn’t: How the Occupation of Iraq Continues
It was clear from the start that Iraq’s sovereignty was in name, not in deed.
False Hand-Overs
UFPJ Talking Points #21: Actual control remains with the United States.
A Deluge of Bad Advice and Statistics
Conflict resolution will not occur until political and factional leaders re-absorb the lesson that each persons humanity, while unique, is of equal value.
Paying the Price: The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War
The Mounting Costs of the Iraq War
Thoughts On Cordesman’s “Post-Conflict” Lessons From Iraq
We have yet to pay the complete costs of the militarization of foreign policy under the Bush administration, and the bill will be high.
US-UK Draft Resolution Designed to Give International Legitimacy to US Occupation of Iraq
UFPJ Talking Points #20: It credentials the US-dominated occupation forces as a UN mandated ‘multi-national force’, and endorses the Iraqi interim government as sovereign.
US Occupation of Iraq Remains Despite New Interim Government
UFPJ Talking Points #19: The interim government, like the Iraq Governing Council, is a creature of the US, not the UN.
U.S. Public Diplomacy: A Tale of Two Who Jumped Ship at State
Winning a worldwide war on terrorism is much more about overcoming cultural mindsets that set people apart from each other out of fear and ignorance than about celebrating the freedom of the American barbecue.
Bush’s Five Step Plan is Nothing New
UFPJ Talking Points #18: It is a recipe for continuing occupation, deaths of Iraqis and US soldiers, and destruction of Iraq.
The Torture Photographs
UFPJ Talking Points #17: Actions by US troops reflect the racist demonization of Iraqis that has been at the heart of US Iraq policy since 1990.