The Institute for Policy Studies is proud of the art and activism of our Foreign Policy In Focus project director, John Feffer, as he presents his new dark comedy play on is a dark comedy about surveillance and interrogation, starting July 10th.
Phyllis Bennis debates war-by-proxy in Syria, neocolonialism in the Middle East, and the global war on terror.
Join us for a conversation between IPS Fellow, Phyllis Bennis and Victoria Brittain, as they discuss Brittain’s new book, followed by a signing.
Sooner or later, if citizens are going to support further wars and impingements on their own civil liberties, they need red meat.
The Pakistani government loudly protests that many of the casualties of drone strikes are civilian.
To stop future massacres, send Bales back to Afghanistan for trial. Let’s see how “diminished capacity” plays in Kandahar – the scene of the crime.
While a Pew study shows that a third of U.S. soldiers felt that neither Iraq or Afghanistan were worth the effort, a pipeline project might ensure continued U.S. presence in the area.
October 7, 2011 is the tenth anniversary of the Global War on Terror, the longest war in U.S. history. War Voices is a unique forum to reflect on this decade of war by bringing together people directly impacted by U.S. militarism and the U.S. war economy
President Obama praised the CIA for its role in killing Osama bin Laden, but we should not be so quick to hail a shadowy agency hell-bent on shielding its actions from public scrutiny.
And here’s the saddest thing: the Bush administration’s most extreme ideas when it comes to Global War On Terror are now the humdrum norm of Obama administration policies — and hardly anyone thinks it’s worth a comment.
PBS NewsHour: President Obama will announce plans for the initial U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Wednesday. Jeffrey Brown discusses what the president’s options are with retired Army Lt. Col. John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security, author Phyllis Bennis and Brian Katoolis of the Center for American Progess.
New Internationalism Director Phyllis Bennis gives her analysis of the demise of Osama Bin Laden, the need for a stronger International Criminal Court, and the reaction across the Arab Street.
In the midst of the Arab Spring, which directly rejects al-Qaeda-style small-group violence in favor of mass-based, society-wide mobilization and non-violent protest to challenge dictatorship and corruption, does the killing of Osama bin Laden represent ultimate justice, or even an end to the “unfinished business” of 9/11?
It’s time President Obama stopped protecting our war criminals.
If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for all developments of our moment and beyond.