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
Israel’s True Intentions in Removing Arafat
It might be time for Israel to confess to its true intentions in the Palestinian territories.
After the Fall: The Argentine Crisis and Possible Repercussions
Will the Bush administration retreat from hardline unilateralism when it comes to aid for Argentina?
Fast Track Passage Won’t Defeat the “Seattle Coalition”
Now that fast track has been approved, pro-free trade analysts would no doubt like to begin ringing the death knell of the opposition forces. To the contrary, there are several reasons why this vote is only a small setback in the fight against corporate g
“Warlordism” and the War on Terrorism
The U.S government’s announced intention to broaden the war on terrorism beyond Afghanistan has triggered growing concern that other important U.S. foreign policy goals and principles will be subordinated in the process.
East Timor: U.S. Gave Green Light to Invasion
If Americans needed any reminding how, during the cold war, U.S. policymakers subordinated Wilsonian principles of self-determination to the larger anticommunist struggle, they should read several secret U.S. documents surrounding Indonesia’s invasion of
Yemen, the United States, and Al-Qaeda
There has been increasing attention on Yemen as the possible next major focus in the U.S. campaign against terrorism.
Hamid Karzai Moves From Lightweight To Heavyweight In Afghan Politics
Without a trial, the memory of the Khmer Rouge horror will remain an open wound in the psyche of Khmer society.
After Marrakesh
Analyzing the Kyoto Protocol, part of FPIF’s series of discussion papers addressing contentious issues in global affairs.
The Arrogance of Occupation
The U.S. first, and subsequently the EU, have adopted the Israeli view that the core of the problem is Yasir Arafat.
WTO Doha Ministerial: “We Take Over”
The greatest tragedy of Doha is that the world’s richest economies, which invariably swear in the name of democracy, used undemocratic norms and arms to force a consensus down the throat of developing countries.