IPS fellow Christine Ahn argues in Truthout that reducing U.S.-South Korea war drills — costing $5.6 billion a year — is the right policy, and that progressives should support diplomacy with North Korea even when the messenger is Trump.
Common Dreams cites IPS research on the hidden costs of US military presence in Hawaiʻi in a piece arguing that RIMPAC 2026 prioritizes war preparations over the climate disasters and housing crises already devastating Pacific communities.
Support for Ukraine doesn’t mean grossly inflating the military budget.
In a new analysis for Costs of War, IPS Associate Fellow Miriam Pemberton lays out a case for a transition from a militarized to a decarbonized economy.
The future of manufacturing lies in building infrastructure that runs on clean energy and transport, not weapons development.
For too long our foreign policy has been under the thumb of the Saudis’ oil and their wars. Getting out from under will require putting inflated claims about jobs and arms sales in their place.
