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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Nine Things to Buy with $5 Billion Instead of a Border Wall
Five billion dollars is not huge in a federal discretionary budget of more than $1 trillion. But it’s an incredibly meaningful sum to any number of smaller federal government programs.

How Skewed Are Our Government’s Economic Priorities?
As Trump threatens not to sign the appropriations bill, the battle over the border wall continues to hold up federal government funding.

Sanctuary Cities Toolkit
Organizing for Sanctuary and Immigrant & Refugee Rights Through an Anti-War Lens

Marc Lamont Hill and the Legacy of Punishing Black Internationalists
Contemporary renewals of Black-Palestinian solidarity have faced aggressive attacks by the U.S. liberal establishment. CNN is just the latest example.

‘Get Me Outta Here’: Trump Turns the G20 into the G19
On everything from climate to trade to the international order itself, the failure of the White House’s powers of persuasion were on full display at the G20.

It’s Good to Argue About Dead Presidents
New debates, especially on overlooked subjects, bring new vibrancy to our civic life. In death, even flawed politicians can do us that final service.

Is Bush’s Legacy So Different From Trump’s?
Some may mourn Bush’s more “respectable” presidency. but looking back, one sees the very race-baiting and cruelty.

Trump is Spending $210 Million So Troops Can Hang Out With Border Agents Tear-Gassing Children
Military veterans are speaking out against the border stunt, calling it a “profound betrayal of our military.”

Something We Can Agree On: Close Some Overseas Bases
A group of national security experts from left, right, and center says cutting some of America’s 800 far-flung outposts will save money and make us safer.

It’s a Borderful World
The latest batch of nationalist and authoritarian leaders are beefing up their borders, but the proliferation of globalization isn’t stopping anytime soon.
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Multilateralism and the Biden Administration

The Pandemic Pivot
