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

Colombia Adopts an Unprecedented Energy Policy—but Needs Help to Pull It Off

Will the world, and particularly the United States, now lend a hand to Colombia to pull it out of its economic hole?

Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf League Is ‘Sportswashing’ At Its Worst

Saudi Arabia — in the news for cutting oil production and pushing up the price of gas — is also making headlines for perhaps a more unusual reason: golf.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Ukraine is fighting against two evils simultaneously: the reality of Putin and the possibility of nuclear war.

Russian War Crimes in Ukraine 20 Years After US Criminal Invasion of Iraq

How can there be real accountability for war crimes when international law is replaced by an undefined “rules-based order”?

Ukraine and the Lessons of the Iraq War

The call of the peace movement 20 years ago–invading troops out!–should be the call of the peace movement today.

IPS Looks Back on 20 Years of Endless War and Border Militarization

We didn’t stop the Iraq War, but we changed history. Here’s a look at the legacy of the last two decades — and the brighter future that can follow.

“No Question I was Going to Become an Activist”: 20 Years Later, IPSers Remember the U.S. Invasion of Iraq

IPS staff reflect on the 20th anniversary of the “Shock and Awe” bombing campaign that launched the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

One of the Highest Military Budgets in History

Last week, the White House released President Biden’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1 of 2023. As usual, the biggest portion of the discretionary budget request - 52 percent - was for military spending. While that’s usual, what’s not usual...