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
Iraq: The Challenge of Humanitarian Response
To be successful, humanitarian organizations providing aid to Iraq must struggle to establish a humanitarian/reconstruction agenda with some degree of autonomy from military occupation plans.
A Threadbare Emperor
Like Caesar, Bush expects others to show due respect for the global hegemon, suggesting, for example, that he was ready to forgive if not quite forget those, like French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who doubted his wis
Debt, Africa and Global Economic Governance: Very Little from Evian
The preparatory work leading up to the G-8 meeting had already shown that very little would emerge on three key crises that affect global development today–the Third World debt crisis, the African crisis, and the crisis of legitimacy of the global arrang
India May Send Troops to Iraq
Responding to the U.S. request to send troops to occupied, post-war Iraq, India’s army is going full steam ahead with preparations for possible deployment.
Iraq: Descending into the Quagmire
The Bush administration seems headed toward committing the same mistakes of its Vietnam-era predecessors–plus a number of its own.
Global Showdown in Evian
The non-proliferation proposals that Jacques Chirac intends to put on the table at Evian will no doubt merit international attention.
Resolution 1483: Legalizing an Occupation
It had to admit that it was in fact an Occupying power.
Is Tehran Back in the Crosshairs of the Neocon Crusade?
Reports that top officials in the administration of President George W. Bush met Tuesday, May 27th to discuss U.S. policy toward Iran, including possible efforts to overthrow its government, mark a major advance in what has been an 18-month-old campaign b
The New Global Peace Movement vs. the Bush Juggernaut
Here are some strategies that can make the new global peace movement tenacious and effective in the post-Iraq war period.
“Do as I say, not as I do” Nuclear Policy
From the ongoing search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, to the appearance of negotiations with North Korea, and the push to declare Iran in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, President Bush is following through with his promise to