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.
Latest Work
Who Can Follow This Climate Leader?
President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline while backing increased oil, gas, and coal production.
Is The U.S. Fighting for Regime Change in Syria?
Syrians are paying the price for the regional and global proxy fights taking place alongside the civil war there.
Will the U.S. Appease Netanyahu and Increase Military Aid to Israel?
Netanyahu requests a $2 billion increase in military aid on top of the more than $3 billion worth of weaponry that U.S. taxpayers provide to Israel each year.
Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?
Burma’s constitution awards a quarter of its parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.
The Golden Years Gap
Just 100 CEOs have as much saved up for retirement as 50 million American families combined.
The Schrodinger Solution for Syria
The only sensible solution to the Syrian crisis is a quantum one in which Bashar al-Assad is simultaneously there and not there.
Big Oil Can’t Go On Like This
The industry is scaling back to keep investors happy.
The Endless War Grows: Obama Sends U.S. Forces to Syria, Reversing Pledge of No Boots on the Ground
The U.S. deployment of a team of special operations forces to Syria comes after the first U.S. combat casualty in Iraq in four years.
What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
Is Denmark’s Democratic Socialism a Realistic Model for the U.S.?
Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid is putting Denmark on the map.