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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IPS Statement on Donald Trump’s Energy Advisor Pick
Trump’s choice of energy advisor signals environmental policies that will lead to climate catastrophe.

Remembering Michael Ratner: Radical Lawyer, Global Activist, Loyal Friend
Today we mourn. Tomorrow we continue his work.

Sadiq Khan and the End of Islamophobia
The victory of Sadiq Khan has “normalized” Muslims in UK politics in much the same way that JFK normalized Catholics in American politics. But American Muslims are still waiting for their JFK moment.

Can Korean Millennials Transform the Country’s Political System?
The next generation of Koreans could take part in a national revival of South Korea and put the ghosts of the 20th century to rest.

Case Against Obama Administration for War on ISIS Raises More Political Questions than Legal Ones
Captain Smith is using the question of lack of authorization as the basis for his challenge, but there is a chance that he could also raise issues of illegality in how the war is being carried out, Bennis told RT America.

FAQs: The Green Climate Fund
An easy-to-understand “user’s guide” to the Green Climate Fund – the first international fund under the United Nations established to support countries in the global South build clean energy, climate resilient economies.

Making China Great Again
If the U.S. and China think they can grow at each other’s expense, they’re snookering themselves.

Here’s Why We Can’t Rely on Shareholders to Fix CEO Pay
BlackRock, the top money manager in the world, claims to want to link performance with executive compensation. But its actions tell a different story.

Onshore Tax Havens
American elites don’t have to go to Panama to hide their money — they can go to Delaware.

The Pentagon Shouldn’t Get to Absolve Itself for Bombing a Hospital
We need an independent investigation of the brutal U.S. attack on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, which killed 42 people.
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