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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Here’s Everything Wrong with the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead.

Barack Obama and the Will to Fight
Obama is more than willing to stand up against the Islamic State. Too bad he wasn’t willing to stand up to his hawkish critics.

Snooping on Everyone While the Big Box Thieves Get Busy
Congress is still dragging its feet on fixes more than a year after Edward Snowden’s alarming revelations first came to light.

We Can’t Go On Eating Like This
With more of us crowding a warming planet, we need agricultural change.

Darden Launches Unfounded Attack on IPS Research — Again
For the second time, the restaurant giant is using disinformation to distract attention from IPS calculations on the company’s CEO-worker pay gap.

Darden’s Golden Goodbyes
While the restaurant giant’s workers face heightened economic uncertainty, three top executives are sailing away with gilded fortunes

Darden’s Golden Goodbyes
While the chain restaurant giant’s servers face economic uncertainty, three top executives are sailing away with $68 million in compensation
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Critics of EU-US Trade Negotiations Voice Concerns During “Stakeholder” Event in Chevy Chase

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