Foreign Policy In Focus

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Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) connects the research and action of more than 600 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner.

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- Published March 31, 2012
- 200
- ISBN 0872865452
Crusade 2.0: The West's Resurgent War on Islam
By John Feffer

Crusade 2.0 examines the resurgence of anti-Islamic sentiment in the West and its global implications. John Feffer discusses the influence of three "unfinished wars"--the Crusades, the Cold War, and the current "war on terror." He presents a timely, concise, and provocative look at current events in the context of historical trends and goes beyond a "clash of civilizations" critique to offer concrete ways to defuse the ticking bomb of Islamophobia.
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- Published January 26, 2012
All Over the Map: The Best of World Beat
By John Feffer

Foreign policy analyst John Feffer looks at global affairs in the Obama era. This collection of more than 125 Foreign Policy In Focus columns covers war, peace, terrorism, global economics, culture, democracy, and the environment. It critically analyzes what's happening all over the map, from the financial crisis to the Arab Spring, and offers specific recommendations for Washington policymakers
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- Published January 28, 2009
- ISBN 978-0-7391-3167-1
Mandate for Change: Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond
By Chester Hartman

Three decades ago, conservative ideologues at The Heritage Foundation produced a primer on the Reagan Revolution entitled Mandate for Leadership, which offered an overarching philosophy against the role of government and in favor of markets.

Today, IPS has taken on the same task for the Obama administration. Mandate for Change is aimed at strengthening the new administration at a time when the need for progressive policies — and appointing progressive people to lead such efforts—is most urgent.

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April 5, 2013

Descrier features article “Bizarre Belligerence on the Korean Peninsula”
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April 3, 2013

ConsortiumNews.com features article “After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss”
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April 3, 2013

Common Dreams features article “After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss”
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April 3, 2013

Antiwar.com features article “After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss”
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April 3, 2013

MWC News features article “After Iraq, Climbing Out of the Moral Abyss”
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The only message our children will take away from the war in Iraq is that if you repeat a boldfaced lie enough, it will someday become accepted truth. And as a corollary, saving face is much more important than admitting a mistake, no matter how destructive the outcome.

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Let us start with a sincere apology to the Iraqi people for the crimes the U.S government has committed. A long-range plan for restitution is a second step. Empires decline due to moral decay from within. Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, our nation is looking at the moral abyss. If lies have delivered us to this place, then only the truth will begin our journey back.
April 2, 2013

Common Dreams features article “Visions: America after Hegemony”
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April 1, 2013

Truthout features article “Don't Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby”
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April 1, 2013

The Eurasia Review features article “Don't Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby”
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March 30, 2013

Inter Press Service
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To Miriam Pemberton, a national-security analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies, the new study should prompt a major re-assessment of the regular military budget (not including the costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars), which grew by nearly 50 percent in real terms to more than half a trillion dollars – over the decade that followed 9/11.

“We need to bring that budget back to where it was when these wars began,” she told IPS. “Those savings need to be re-invested in the needs that have been neglected over the past decade, foremost among them, in my view, being the urgent need to address the climate crisis by investing in a transition to a clean energy and transportation economy.”
March 29, 2013

AlterNet features article “Hey Congress: Sequester Apartheid!”
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