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

Africa Activists Denounce Bush’s “Malign Neglect”

U.S. disregard for Africa has become malignant, with increasingly deadly consequences for Africa.

An Annotated Overview of the Foreign Policy Segments of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address

What would God think of a government that supplies more weapons, training, and logistical support to more dictatorships and other human rights abusers than any other? If freedom and liberty are indeed the will of God, the foreign policy of the Bush admini

State of the Union

There were no surprises in President Bush’s address to Congress, except maybe the firm statement that within a month our country will be at war.

Pump Up the Pentagon, Hawks Tell Bush

While public opinion polls show that most of the U.S. public is concerned about the economy, hawks in the Bush administration see another problem as more urgent: the Pentagon is poor.

A Good Business

If one adds up all the costs of war beyond the $355.5 billion military budget, the U.S. spends in excess of $465 billion each year for defense, or $1.2 billion a day.

The Delay in Council-Decision Making Gives Anti-War Movement More Time

UFPJ Talking Points #4: We must maintain unrelenting pressure on the basis of “the world says ‘NO’ to war.”

The Prospects for al Qaeda

Once again, we are faced with a situation in which all the emphasis in the war on terror is focused on pre-emption and capture–beating the terrorists into submission. Meanwhile, there is scarcely any focus on the reasons for the groundswell of support fo

The Time-Out Method Doesn’t Work

For the past two years, the Bush administration has treated North Korea like a child throwing a tantrum.

Reducing the Hazards from Stored Spent Power-Reactor Fuel in the United States

This 2003 report underscored the dangers posed by the practice of storing spent fuel on-site at nuclear power plants in the United States. It remains relevant today as Japanese engineers struggle to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan.

Bush Working to Ensure Sharon’s Re-election

Israeli voters will be facing perhaps the most crucial vote in their nation’s history between the right-wing incumbent prime minister Ariel Sharon of the Likud Bloc and the more moderate Amram Mitzna—a former general and mayor of Haifa—from the Labor Alig