Foreign Policy in Focus
Foreign Policy in Focus connects the research and action of scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner. FPIF provides timely analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs and recommends policy alternatives on a broad range of global issues.
Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) is a “Think Tank Without Walls” connecting the research and action of scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner.
FPIF provides timely analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs and recommends policy alternatives on a broad range of global issues — from war and peace to trade and from climate to public health. From its launch as a print journal in 1996 to its digital presence today, FPIF has served as a unique resource for progressive foreign policy perspectives for decades.
We believe U.S. security and world stability are best advanced through a commitment to peace, justice, and environmental protection, as well as economic, political, and social rights. We advocate that diplomatic solutions, global cooperation, and grassroots participation guide foreign policy.
FPIF is directed by John Feffer, an IPS associate fellow, playwright, and widely published expert on a broad array of foreign policy subjects. Peter Certo, the IPS communications director, contributes as an editor.
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Reports
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Peace & Foreign Policy
The IPS Iran Reader
A one-stop guide to IPS work on the crisis in Iran and the wider Middle East. Updated periodically.
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Economic Justice, Racial & Gender Justice
Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory
The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land and resources from the original inhabitants.
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Racial & Gender Justice
The Reparations Movement: Flourishing Amid Backlash
State and local efforts are reshaping how racial justice can be pursued in practice.
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Peace & Foreign Policy
Lessons from Resistance to Authoritarianism Around the World
A webinar series on what the U.S. can learn from anti-authoritarian movements around the world.
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Peace & Foreign Policy
Sending Arms or Twisting Arms: The U.S. Role in the Ukraine War
This backgrounder explores the causes of the war in Ukraine and the actions of different actors in the conflict to date.
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Peace & Foreign Policy
Multilateralism and the Biden Administration
The Biden Administration should help create stronger, more equitable, and more democratic multilateral structures at the international and regional level.
Foreign Policy in Focus in the news
BBC Faces $1 Billion Trump Lawsuit: What’s Behind the Crisis?
Russia’s War in Ukraine
Russia’s War in Ukraine
A U.S. Regime Change War Against Maduro Could Further Destabilize Venezuela and Its Neighbors
Two Speeches that Define Trump
The Shifting Global Order: Fissures in the Facade of the “Rules-Based Orde
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