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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Syria: Great Game or Just a Tug of War?
Too many states, large and small, see themselves as having a vested interest in Syria’s outcome.
Mining for Profits in International Tribunals – Updated
How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas. / Como las empresas mineras transnacionales utilizan las reglas de los acuerdos de inversión y de comercio como poderosos instrumentos a su favor en las disputas por el petróleo, la minería y el gas.
Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth
What if the unipolar moment turns out to be a planetary moment in which previously distinct imperial events fuse into a single disastrous system?
Make Migrants, Not War in North Korea
North Korea policymakers must look beyond the nuclear issue to consider the human rights of the population.
Would Pakistan Respond to India’s Use of Conventional Weapons With Tactical Nukes?
Theoretically Pakistan is poised to respond to Indian military retaliation for a terrorist strike with tactical nukes.
Our Stake in Guatemala’s Genocide Trial
Thirty years after Rios Montt’s atrocities, U.S. military policy in Latin America remains a human rights disaster.
How We Pay for CEO “Performance”
A gaping tax loophole pads executive pay and the federal debt.
This Week in OtherWords: May 8, 2013
Jim Hightower weighs in on the larger context behind the recent garment worker tragedy in Bangladesh.
Trade-Offs Needed to Enhance U.S. Soft Power
The U.S. government needs to develop a unified national security budget that allows the president and the Congress to make trade-offs like these.
Minot’s Launch Control Fail: Reason #532 Why Nuclear Deterrence Is a Fragile Foundation for Peace
To concerns about human error in nuclear launch control add moodiness.
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