Peace and Foreign Policy
To build peace, we must dislodge the economic and political foundations of war. IPS believes that a just foreign policy is based on human rights, international law, and diplomacy over military intervention.
Latest Work
“Wrong Bang For The Buck”
The 9/11 Commission thought long, broadly and productively about increasing U.S. security. One of their main contributions was to expand conventional notions of the tools necessary to do the job.
“War Derails Investment in Future”
One of the consequences of this war is to cut investment in our future. It’s time to start thinking of how to shut down this failed adventure.
Wal-Mart’s Pay Gap
Wal-Mart CEO compensation is 871 times as high as U.S. Wal-Mart worker pay; 50,000 times Chinese worker pay.
“Latin American Policy to Remain”
U.S. policy must be sensitive to the real needs faced by its neighbors to the South.
“Arctic Drilling Is No Energy Answer”
With rising dependency, we have become more vulnerable to supply disruptions and entanglement in foreign oil wars.
Field Guide to the Global Economy (Second Edition)
The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy.
“No Blood On Our Hands”
From that day to this, governments that torture have justified what they do, saying What we have done is only what we had to do.
“El Salvador and Iraq: Pursuit of Freedom Demands Truth at Home”
Today we would do well to remember Romero as an example of moral courage in a time of war. But his story is also significant because El Salvador has repeatedly been used by the current Bush administration as a parallel for the situation in Iraq.
“Why Wolfowitz?”
George Bush’s controversial decision on the World Bank Presidency
Al-Ahram Interview of Tom Barry
Tom Barry interviews Omayma Abdel-Latif Al-Ahram.