Peace and Foreign Policy
To build peace, we must dislodge the economic and political foundations of war. IPS believes that a just foreign policy is based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.
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The Pentagon Budget Is Bigger Than It’s Ever Been
Boosting the Pentagon’s budget amounts to robbing domestic programs we desperately need.
Palestine-Israel in the Midst of Middle East Crises
Phyllis Bennis discusses the multiplying crises on the ground across the Middle East, including developments inside Palestine, between the U.S. and Israel, and within the U.S. Jewish community.
Hezbollah and Israel Call for De-escalation in the Golan Heights
Two Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday in retaliation for the killing of six Hezbollah fighters, including a son of a revered leader and an Iranian general.
Our Girls are Still Not Home: Boko Haram and the Politics of Death
No matter who wins the election next month or whatever military force is raised and thrown against Boko Haram in the future, it is likely that the insurgency will continue.
Fudging the Future
How could oil experts miss the crude crash?
Say It Ain’t So
Playing fair and square has become an exception, rather than the rule, in sports.
The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse
The complex federal project of the EU has proven fragile in the absence of a strong external threat.
Obama v. Boehner: A Netanyahu Story
Benjamin Netanyahu will lobby Congress from the same podium where President Obama gave the State of the Union at the invite of John Boehner. Phyllis Bennis and Michael Tomasky join MSNBC’s The Last Word to discuss why.
Boehners’ Invitation to Netanyahu a Provocation Aimed at War with Iran
Phyllis Bennis says the invitation issued to Netanyahu to speak to U.S. Congress, and the call for more sanctions against Iran, is a call for war
State of the Empire in 2015
Before Obama’s State of the Union address falls out of the news cycle, here are the foreign policy tidbits you need to remember.
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