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
Instead of Pardoning a Turkey, Obama Should Free This Man
This year, the president should extend some Thanksgiving clemency to human beings — starting with Leonard Peltier.
Setting a Legal Precedent for Climate Criminals
The woes of Fossil fuel executives like former coal CEO Don Blankenship might make it easier to mobilize in the fight against climate change.
Report: 100 CEOs Have as Much in Retirement Assets as 41% of American Families
A just-released report by the Center for Effective Government and the Institute for Policy Studies, A Tale of Two Retirements, is the first to provide detailed statistics on the staggering gap between the retirement assets of Fortune 500 CEOs and the rest of America.
A Tale of Two Retirements
One hundred CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41 percent of American families.
Iran Invited for Talks on Syria
Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies says the invitation to Iran is late but an essential move for a diplomatic regional solution, made possible by Russia’s escalated involvement in Syria.
The Budget Deal: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As Congressional dysfunction seemed to be barreling us toward a government shutdown, comes the news of an 11th-hour deal, announced Monday at midnight.
Grounds for Doubt
Can the Pentagon still realistically maintain its ‘no boots on the ground’ stance in Iraq given that an American soldier has been killed in action there?
A Kumbaya Moment for the Middle East? Hardly.
Despite Washington’s move toward detente with Iran, other regional conflicts — especially in Israel-Palestine, where an “intifada of knives” is underway — are looking as volatile as ever.
What Clinton Got Wrong About Snowden
The former secretary of state attacked the NSA whistleblower without bothering to get her facts straight.
The Great Pumpkin Shortage Is Coming
Spooky weather patterns are disrupting specialty crops.