Rebalancing Our National Security: The Benefits of Implementing a Unified Security Budget
A team of experts recommend ways to rebalance our national security budget.
How to Make our Embassies Safer
Paul Ryan’s spending plans call for slashing the money the State Department can use to protect diplomats.
Cuban Five: 14 Years of Injustice
For a Miami jury, the fact that Cuban agents were in Miami was sufficient for them to hand down a guilty verdict.
Staunching Syria’s Wounds
As Syrian society slowly disintegrates, non-aligned states from the developing world may show the way forward to a diplomatic resolution.
Syria: Only Diplomacy Can Stop the War
Outside powers should stop military involvement and support new diplomatic initiative.
Diplomacy Is the Only Way Forward with Iran
The parties must come to a compromise through negotiations.
Debating Syria
Is diplomacy dead in Syria, or have we only just begun to negotiate?
An Exit Strategy for Afghanistan
The United States can’t abandon the country, but our troops must leave.
Inching Toward Progress on the North Korean Nuke Problem
The road to a negotiated settlement will be long and bumpy.
Diplomats’ Reports in the Cold War Years: Indispensable or Exercise in Futility?
In her new book, Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Hannah Gurman explores the effects of diplomats’ reports on U.S. foreign policy since World War II.
The Arab World’s Intifada
The Arab Spring may have started in early 2011, but its origins link directly to the non-violent, society-wide mobilization that transformed Palestine’s national struggle beginning in the late 1980s.
[VIDEO] U.S. Pulls All Funding for UNESCO After Sweeping Vote to Support Palestinian Membership
Democracy Now! interview discussing the world’s symbolic rejection of the U.S.-led peace process, and the U.S. response.
The Politics Behind the Prisoner Swap
The deal has been discussed since Shalit was captured in 2006, now the time has come for 1028 families to be reunited.
WikiLeaks: Caveat Lector
Keep these questions in mind when reading the cache of leaked State Department cables.
One Think Tank, Four Views on WikiLeaks
It might be assumed that the progressive community is in agreement about the revelatory usefulness of WikiLeaks disclosures. After all the public has the right to know, right? A recent discussion among IPS research fellows however indicated that there is more to be considered than meets the eye.