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

Lockerbie Verdict Unlikely to Bring Change

Just as Qadaffi has gained political mileage through portraying himself as a victim of a vengeful and hypocritical United States, there are those in the U.S. who also benefit from maintaining a hostile relationship with this petty tyrant whom Americans lo

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Sharon’s Israel Needs Tough Love

There will be no peace or security for Israel unless the United States applies some “tough love:” unconditional support for Israel’s right to live in peace and security coupled with a willingness to pressure Israel to accept the necessary compromises for

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CIA: The Need for Reform

Reprimands in the Ames case prompted a mass exodus of bitter senior managers, who had refused to accept the need for punishing those who ignored the fact that a Soviet spy had contaminated the agency at the highest levels

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Iraq Bombings: Foreign Policy by Catharsis

Strong support for Friday’s bombing by leading congressional Democrats will no doubt embolden the Republican administration to engage in further military actions regardless of their dangerous legal, moral, or political implications.

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Reports

REPORT: Sending Arms or Twisting Arms: The U.S. Role in the Ukraine War

This backgrounder explores the causes of the war in Ukraine and the actions of different actors in the conflict to date.
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Multilateralism and the Biden Administration

The Biden Administration should help create stronger, more equitable, and more democratic multilateral structures at the international and regional level.
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The Pandemic Pivot

Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of COVID-19.
Report: The Battle for Another World

Report: The Battle For Another World

The Progressive Response to the New Right

Report: Shrinking Space and the BDS Movement

A Case Study: The BDS Movement

Sanctuary Cities Toolkit

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

Report: Combat Vs. Climate

The Military and Climate Security Budgets Compared

Experts

Bella DeVaan

Associate Director of Charity Reform Initiative, Co-editor of Inequality.org

Global Economy, Inequality.org

Khury Petersen-Smith

Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow

New Internationalism

Basav Sen

Project Director

Climate Policy

Sanho Tree

Project Director

Drug Policy

Marc Bayard

Project Director and Associate Fellow

Black Worker Initiative, Global Economy

John Feffer

Project Director and Associate Fellow

Epicenter, Foreign Policy in Focus

Jen Moore

Associate Fellow

Global Economy

Manuel Perez-Rocha

Project Director and Associate Fellow

Global Economy