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
“Iraqi Elections: Bring ‘Em On”
The elections in Iraq are shaping up to be another “Bring ’em on” moment.
“Low-expectation Election”
Elections in Iraq are only days away, and it’s clear that Iraq’s voters aren’t ready for them.
“U.S. Foreign Aid isn’t ‘Stingy,’ it’s Tied to Strategic Interests”
Is the United States the good St. Nicholas or an Ebenezer Scrooge?
“Resist U.S. War Crimes”
Most Americans hold these truths to be self-evident: Torture is wrong; attacking another country that hasn’t attacked you is wrong; occupying another country with your army and imposing your will on its people is wrong.
The Inauguration Speech: Consolidating the Empire
UFPJ Talking Points #28: The second Bush term will almost certainly reflect the same narrow standards for defining “freedom” as the first.
Phoenix Rising? Will the Bush Administration’s Actions Move Aceh Toward Peace or a Continued Descent Into Destruction?
Aceh, so long isolated from international view by the Indonesian government and military, is now??tragically??at the center of world attention.
“U.S. Ideological Rigidity Causes Blowback Around Globe”
In the aftermath of 9-11, President Bush told the world you are either “with us or against us.” He then offered a far-reaching moral vision for the Middle East with democracy as the core ingredient.
“Slowing the Military Spending Surge”
A leaked document from the Pentagon at the beginning of the new year seemed to mark a milestone.
“Response to ‘Rethinking Iraq'”
The principles that emerge will guide our work in Iraq and be the gauntlet we will throw down in front of this administration.
“Waving Off Debt”
Despite an increase in promised aid to tsunami-affected countries last week, the United States’ aid offering still isn’t topping the list. Australia, for one, has donated much more. But the United States could make up for its somewhat meager offering by f