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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
Transnational corporate beneficiaries of World Bank Group fossil fuel projects,1992-August 2002
In the globaliztion game of World Bank financing for fossil fuels, the biggest winners are some of the largest transnational corporations. A list about the facts of these fossil fuel welfare kings from 1992 to August 2002 is exposed in this report.
War in Iraq: The Oil Factor
How much is the Bush administrations push for war with Iraq motivated by its desire to gain control of Iraqs oil fields?
Trading Liberty for Security after September 11
What we have done since September 11 is not to make the hard choice of choosing which of our liberties we are willing to forego, but rather to sacrifice their libertiesthose of immigrants, and especially of Arab and Muslim immigrantsfor the purported security of the rest of us.
The Economic Impact of Going to War with Iraq
If we start this war with Iraq, we will be endangering our economic health.
The Arrogance of Power
Former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee J. William Fulbright’s observations and warnings appear deeply relevant to the United States under George W. Bush, particularly in the wake of the publication last week of the administration’s sweeping National Security Strategy of the United States of America and its request that Congress authorize a war resolution arguably as broad and as unilateral as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution approved in the early stages of the Vietnam War.
The Prisoner as Message
The United States’ recent stance on the case of Saadeddin Ibrahim is the first time since the signing of the Camp David Accords 25 years ago that America has made its aid for Egypt conditional upon a human rights issue.
No Thank You, Mr. President
The U.S. is not doing us any favors–it is endangering us for its own aggressive interests as a financial and military superpower.
WSSD Both Attacks and Abets “Global Apartheid”
Officials of the United Nations and the host South African government looking hard in the mirror this weekend will have to judge the World Summit on Sustainable Development a failure.
Afghanistan Quagmire
Afghanistan is beginning to look like a quagmire rather than a victory, with echoes of the confusion and uncertainty and persistent bloodshedding of Vietnam.
Bush’s United Nations Speech Unconvincing
Despite vastly improved reconnaissance technology in the subsequent forty years, President George W. Bush, in his long-anticipated speech before the United Nations, was unable to present any clear proof that Iraq currently has weapons of mass destruction