Slap-dash Sanctions Leave Less Room for Diplomacy
Slapping sanctions onto three different countries with vastly different foreign policy challenges doesn’t work in the real world, Phyllis Bennis tells The Real News.
Author Event: “Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq”
Ali Issa will discuss his new book, featuring interviews with and reports from Iraqi feminists, labor organizers, environmentalists, and protest movement leaders.
Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and the Future of U.S. Wars
IPS expert Phyllis Bennis and renowned film-maker Amir Amirani will discuss the prospects for U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. war agenda in light of the astonishing presidential primaries.
CODEPINK Summit on Saudi Arabia: Understanding the Kingdom and its Global Role
Human rights advocates, diplomats, scholars, authors, and grassroots activists come together in this first-of-its-kind international summit examining Saudi-U.S. relations.
Who is responsible for the crisis in Syria and Iraq?
Americans must take responsibility for the havoc their government is perpetuating in the Middle East.
What is ISIS?
A panel discussion forum, featuring IPS’ Phyllis Bennis, on the current situation in Iraq and Syria and what we should know about ISIS.
Four Myths American Exceptionalists Peddle About President Obama and the U.S.’ Role in the World
It has become all too common, with crises spiraling out of control in Gaza, Iraq, Ukraine, and elsewhere, to criticize the U.S. president for making his personal style of detachment into a national policy of disengagement.
Phyllis Bennis on Democracy Now!: “Israel More Isolated than Hamas”
Phyllis Bennis discusses the Israeli attack on Gaza.
U.S. on a Pedestal of Nuclear Immorality
What did Iran do to us to merit heavy U.S. sanctions? The media doesn’t ask this question.
The Right Path for Washington in Syria
The question in Washington should be: will adding fuel to the violence make matters worse?
Saul Landau on U.S.-Aided Anti-Castro Militants and the Cuban Five
Journalist, filmmaker, author, professor, and IPSer Saul Landau joined Democracy Now to discuss his new film “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,” about U.S. support for violent anti-Castro militants.
Film: Apocalypse Africa: Made In America
Join us for Apocalypse Africa: Made In America, showing top-secret data, hidden documents and other sources obtained from government archives to reveal links between the destruction of Africa and those who influence American foreign policy.
Morals in the Age of One Superpower
Can a superpower act morally in its foreign policy? Recent evidence of U.S. conducts suggests otherwise.
US Farm Bill 2012: Policy & Potential
Emira Woods will present remarks reflecting upon the US Farm Bill impacts on international agricultural trade and African food (in)security. She will focus on the role of US food aid and trade policies in food (in)security in Africa and around the world.
Our Iran Policy on the Couch
The U.S. foreign-policy establishment needs counseling.