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

A Disaster Unfolding in Iraq

The reality is that no matter how brutal a dictator may be, people tend to defend their homeland against foreign invaders.

The Psychological War at Home and Abroad

As the Bush administration abandoned the psychology of diplomacy and war with Iraq became certain, the U.S. public was repeatedly assured that the battle plan would produce rosy results

We’re all Americans: Why the Europeans Are Against This War

Europe has witnessed an unprecedented political attack on the authority of the United Nations, committed by a clan that–in the opinion of a predominant majority of Europeans–occupies the White House illegally.

Coalition of the Willing–Part II

After failing to obtain authorization for war from the UN Security Council, the Bush Administration has scrambled to assemble a so-called “Coalition of the Willing” to lend the military action against Iraq the illusion of genuine multilateralism and legitimacy.

Is North Korea Next?

With the war launched in Iraq, the Bush administration appears to be laying the groundwork for its next move: an attack on North Korea.

Authority for War IS an Issue

How can Bush achieve success in Iraq?

Multilateralism Under Siege

While Bush has moved U.S. soldiers around the world, invented new strategic doctrines, created a whole new cabinet agency, and driven a federal budget that was comfortably in the black just two years ago into a $300 billion, going on $400 billion, hole th