Is The U.S. Fighting for Regime Change in Syria?
Syrians are paying the price for the regional and global proxy fights taking place alongside the civil war there.
Will the U.S. Appease Netanyahu and Increase Military Aid to Israel?
Netanyahu requests a $2 billion increase in military aid on top of the more than $3 billion worth of weaponry that U.S. taxpayers provide to Israel each year.
Seventy National Organizations Implore Congress to Support Iran Agreement
Open Letter Urges Congress to Take Path of Diplomacy, Not War
Is President Obama Using Faulty Logic to Justify ISIS Airstrikes?
On what legal grounds can the White House justify airstrikes against ISIS?
Understanding ISIS and U.S. Foreign Policy Since 9/11
Phyllis Bennis discusses the rise of ISIS and U.S. foreign policy since the September 11, 2001 attacks
A Victory for Diplomacy Over War
Phyllis Bennis discusses the Iranian nuclear agreement as a beginning, not an end, for relations between the U.S. and Iran
Infographic: Lessons from NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Two decades of high costs for Mexico’s agriculture, economy, families, and environment
Why the World Is Becoming the Un-Sweden
Convergence theory predicted that the world would become like Swedish social democracy. Why has the opposite happened?
Fast Track Bill Ignores Lessons of Financial Crisis
Congress and the Obama administration make clear they have not learned from two decades of failed trade policies and a devastating financial crisis in pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership forward.
Better a War than an Agreement?
Phyllis Bennis says forces aligned in opposition to the Iran Framework Agreement in the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia would rather see war than a deal that brings Iran out of sanctions and back into play as a regional power.
Press Conference: Advocates Call for End of U.S. Support of African Tyrants
IPS’ Foreign Policy In Focus joins a diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa in calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal dictators across Africa.
CEO-Worker Pay Ratios: Cutting-Edge Campaigns on a Critical Inequality Battleground
Be part of this discussion on the widening pay gaps on the global political stage and how we can build on promising initiatives to narrow this economic divide.
Video: Phyllis Bennis on RT’s “Crosstalk: Eternal War”
Phyllis Bennis debates war-by-proxy in Syria, neocolonialism in the Middle East, and the global war on terror.
Lurching Towards War: A Post-Mortem on Strategic Patience
As he enters his second term, Barack Obama must confront the role of ‘strategic patience’ as a central driver of our current crisis in Korea.