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Trump’s Pacific Pivot
Donald Trump loves to pivot. He is restless, he has some form of attention deficit disorder, and he likes to keep his enemies...

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Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War

There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.

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FACT SHEET: Increases for ICE and the Pentagon Will Leave Millions Uninsured

A state-by-state look at the impacts of defunding health care to fund militarism.

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Donald Trump Is Bailing Out Javier Milei’s Austerity Regime

Donald Trump is sending billions to rescue Argentina’s far-right government, while impoverished Argentine pensioners are demanding survival.

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VIDEO: “We Shouldn’t Allow Drug Warriors to Act as Judge, Jury, and Executioner”

Sanho Tree briefs congressional staffers about Trump’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean.

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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.

Bold Ideas for a New Progressive Majority

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our second annual Wallace Symposium.

The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington

Trump and the GOP are cutting programs for the poor to spend more on the war machine, mass deportations, and tax breaks for...

Trading Life for Death: What the Reconciliation Bill Puts at Stake in Your State

Militarized spending hikes must be prevented. Basic needs must be protected.

Advancing from Partial Peace in Colombia

The landmark agreement that ended Colombia's civil war remains fragile and incomplete. The U.S. needs to do more to support its implementation.

El Salvador’s State of Deception

A fact-finding report on El Salvador’s detained water defenders, the potential return of environmentally destructive mining, and the state of human rights under...

FACT SHEET: Invest in Communities, Not Violence

Here’s how legislators have splurged on militarism, and what could happen if those funds instead benefited people and communities.

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.

From a Militarized to a Decarbonized Economy: A Case for Conversion

In a new analysis for Costs of War, IPS Associate Fellow Miriam Pemberton lays out a case for a transition from a militarized...

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Trump’s Pacific Pivot

Donald Trump loves to pivot. He is restless, he has some form of attention deficit disorder, and he likes to keep his enemies...
A side-by-side of images of President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping
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Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War

There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.
Fishing boats in the Caribbean
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Donald Trump Is Bailing Out Javier Milei’s Austerity Regime

Donald Trump is sending billions to rescue Argentina’s far-right government, while impoverished Argentine pensioners are demanding survival.
Assistance to Argentina fits into a broader project of social services cutbacks championed by Donald Trump, Javier Milei, and international outfits like the IMF and World Bank.
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VIDEO: “We Shouldn’t Allow Drug Warriors to Act as Judge, Jury, and Executioner”

Sanho Tree briefs congressional staffers about Trump’s extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean.
A Caribbean fishing boat
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VIDEO: Will the Gaza Peace Deal Last?

IPS Middle East experts caution against being overly optimistic about the newly signed ceasefire in Gaza.
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Gaza: Deal or No Deal?

Prisoners have been released, the bombings have stopped. But Palestinians are no closer to determining their own future.
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Is American Carnage About to Spread to Venezuela?

Trump needs an enemy to justify his power grabs, and Venezuela fits the bill.
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The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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Trump and Netanyahu’s 20-Point Gaza Ultimatum

The plan for Gaza does not promise an end to Israel‘s genocide—but does promise indefinite occupation.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the State Dining Room of the White House following a press conference on September 29, 2025.
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IPS Receives Prestigious Chilean Human Rights Award

The Chilean ambassador presented the government’s top civilian honor for non-Chileans to Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh. 
From left to right: Juan Pablo Letelier, Sarah Anderson, Chilean Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés, Cristian Letelier, and John Cavanagh, site of the 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, Sheridan Circle, Washington, DC, September 28, 2025. (Credit: Rick Reinhard.)
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Trump Replaces GOP’s Pocket Constitutions with Unconstitutional ‘Pocket Recissions’

He is illegally holding $5 billion in federal aid until the end of the fiscal year,, after which the time to spend it...
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Trump: It’s Not Funny Anymore

Comedians are the canaries in the coalmines of authoritarianism.
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