Pentagon Fails Audit, Asks for More Money (Again)
Congress is set to shell out more money to the Pentagon, in spite of the agency once again failing to show that it knows where its money goes.
Trump Is Carpet-Bombing U.S. Foreign Policy
Already Trump is super-charging U.S. militarism, gutting diplomacy, and punishing the victims of wars Washington started.
Wrestling with Iran
Wrestling is the new ping pong when it comes to U.S.-Iranian relations.
When Travel Means Putting Your Life on the Line
Americans should be able to count on help from Washington if they run into trouble overseas.
It’s Time to Delist Cuba
Come off it–Cuba is not a ‘state sponsor of terrorism.’
Afghanistan: Avoiding Default
Three scenarios for how the U.S. might manage its involvement in Afghanistan between now and 2014.
Is the State Department Going Rogue? Or Did It Just Forget How to Spell?
Regarding Iran, the State Department made odd allusions to facts about the crisis of which nobody else in the administration seems to be aware.
U.S. Hand in Honduran Massacre
Why was the State Department involved in a shooting of Mosquito Coast villagers in Honduras?
What Drives U.S. Policy in Central America?
On Al-Jazeera’s Inside Story roundtable discussion, IPSer Sanho Tree discusses how the U.S. State Department gets to play judge, jury, and executioner in Honduras.
In Iraq, Occupation by Another Name
Even as embassy population is reduced, America is projecting power by adding CIA personnel and Special Operations.
Obama: Reject the Tar Sands Pipeline
Here’s a chance for President Obama to uphold that campaign pledge to “end the tyranny of oil” in the United States.
Will Panetta Help the State Department?
It is official U.S. doctrine that defense, diplomacy and development are co-equal contributors to our security.
Trafficking in Persons Report Takes Concrete Steps Forward but Avoids Controversy
New report acknowledges need for stronger support, investigations and private sector involvement; but it falls short of eliminating diplomatic immunity on the critical issue of human trafficking.
Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for the United States
With military cuts now on the negotiating table, here’s a set of expert recommendations on what to cut and yet keep us safe and secure.
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.