Burning Issues: Taking on ISIS
“First, do no harm,” Phyllis Bennis tells Campaign For America’s Future. If we want to defeat ISIS, we must “Stop the drone attacks. Stop the air strikes.”
The Irony in the Leaked Memo on Syria: Diplomats Calling for Military Escalation
IPS’s Phyllis Bennis tells Common Dreams that the kind of bombings these officials are calling for is very dangerous and further antagonizing Russia will do nothing to bring peace to the Syrian people.
Five Reforms Every Police Department Should Make
Black Americans will never trust the police without serious measures to reduce police violence and improve accountability.
Hillary Clinton’s ‘Major Foreign Policy Address’ Was Anything But
Clinton is right: Trump would be a disaster on foreign policy. But her refusal to engage with the alternative offered by Sanders says more about her own war-driven approach than anything else.
Clinton Positions Herself to the Right of Trump in Major National Security Speech
IPS’s Phyllis Bennis tells the Real News Network that although Clinton rightfully used her national security speech to condemn the bigotry and danger of Trump’s positions, she didn’t lay out a much better alternative.
Donald Trump: Joker’s Wild
Donald Trump should lose in November. But when you add a joker to the game, it throws off the odds.
Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Policy is His Greatest Achievement and Gravest Disappointment
Obama’s mixed record on nukes leaves us wondering if we’re in any less danger of a nuclear war than we were during the Cold War.
Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and the Future of U.S. Wars
IPS expert Phyllis Bennis and renowned film-maker Amir Amirani will discuss the prospects for U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. war agenda in light of the astonishing presidential primaries.
Here’s Why We Can’t Rely on Shareholders to Fix CEO Pay
BlackRock, the top money manager in the world, claims to want to link performance with executive compensation. But its actions tell a different story.
Onshore Tax Havens
American elites don’t have to go to Panama to hide their money — they can go to Delaware.
Demilitarization, Disarmament, Drugs, and Diplomacy of the Decade
Join IPS foreign policy experts in discussing how the U.S. can move from a state of perpetual war, to a more peaceful internationalism.
The Treasury Department Could Help Block Offshore Tax Havens
Big Pharma company Pfizer is currently evading $40 billion in tax obligations and trying to make that permanent through a tax-dodging marriage with Irish firm Allergen.
Sanders Vs. Clinton on Palestine-Israel: A Primer with Phyllis Bennis
An assessment of Clinton’s AIPAC speech and Sanders’s Middle East speech reveals their divergent approaches to the US’s closest ally, Israel
Do Populist Candidates Appeal to Affluent Voters?
The numbers suggest that a broad coalition of Americans support a pro-worker economic agenda.
Hillary vs. Bernie vs. the 1 Percent
The two Democratic Party White House hopefuls agree on cutting back the after-tax incomes of America’s rich. They disagree significantly on how much.