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
“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
The Iraqi Elections
UFPJ Talking Points #27: Not every election is a legitimate instrument of democracy.
Oil for Food "Scandals" and the UN Call for Reform
UFPJ Talking Points #26: The need to reclaim the United Nations as part of our global mobilization against the ravages of empire.
Post-Election Disasters
UFPJ Talking Points # 25: Fallujah and beyond.
On the Eve of the Elections
UPFJ Talking Points #24: A John Hopkins School of Public Health report shows just how high the cost of the Iraq war really is.
Bush Administration Disasters Depicted as Triumphs
Even putting aside the many important legal and moral questions about the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, it has been a disaster even on practical terms.
The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: The Military Side of Globalization?
What actually motivated the United States to take on the problematic task of conquering and rebuilding Iraq?
Are the War and Globalization Really Connected?
One strength of truly progressive analysis is that it places what appear to be isolated events in a larger context
Afghan Elections: U.S. Solution to a U.S. Problem
Afghanistan will undergo the first presidential elections in the countrys history on October 9, 2004.
Debates, Duelfer, & Aluminum Tubes
UFPJ Talking Points # 23: We still need international law.