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
Destroying the Lawn in Gaza
Time is running out to save Palestinians and the possibility of a Palestinian state.
Internationalism, the Donald Trump Way
A second Trump presidency would bolster dangerous militarism and imperial brinksmanship
Gaza Shows Food Air Drops Often Take Lives Instead of Saving Them
Beyond the dangers that any airdrop faces in conflict or famine areas, sometimes particular risks make such a plan life-threatening.
Militarized Funding in Biden Budget Totals Well Over $1 Trillion (and it will grow)
Unless the administration changes its approach, these wars will continue to deprive us of the security we actually need.
What We Spend on the EPA Compared to Pentagon Contractors
We need to invest in the agency that can prevent and reverse ecological disasters.
What Lies Beneath the Biden Administration’s Changing ‘Ceasefire’ Language
The US president is showing no sign of altering his actual policy of unconditional support for Israel as it carries out a genocide in Gaza.
Can Brazil Convince the World To Tax Billionaire Wealth?
To confront climate change, Brazil is warning, we need to start confronting grand fortune.
Uncensored Black History Offers Lessons in Global Struggles for Liberation
Unearthing Black internationalism’s legacy can inform our fight for liberation in Palestine — and beyond.
The Biden Administration Joins Israel’s War on the UNRWA
Following Washington’s lead, key US allies have cut funding for the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine—making them all complicit in genocide.
Congress Should Embrace the Vitality That Immigration Brings
We must refuse to be divided by those who want to scare us, and enact some genuine immigration reform.