Foreign Policy In Focus

Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) is a “Think Tank Without Walls” at the Institute for Policy Studies that connects the research and action of more than 800 scholars, advocates, and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global partner. FPIF provides timely analysis of US foreign policy and international affairs and recommends policy alternatives that emphasize diplomatic solutions, global cooperation, and grassroots participation. We are on the web at fpif.org.

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.

Dec 10, 2014 / Sebastian Rosemont and Foreign Policy In Focus

The Life and Times of Michael B

The Life and Times of Michael B The Life and Times of Michael B

Ferguson has put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.

Dec 9, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus

Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice

Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice

The developed world has pledged $9.5 billion to help fight climate change. But it’s going to take hundreds of billions more.

Nov 25, 2014 / Oscar Reyes and Foreign Policy In Focus

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.

Nov 24, 2014 / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus

How Ebola Could End the Cuban Embargo

How Ebola Could End the Cuban Embargo How Ebola Could End the Cuban Embargo

Instead of encouraging Cuban doctors to defect, the United States should be working with them to stop the spread of Ebola.

Nov 21, 2014 / Arturo Lopez-Levy and Foreign Policy In Focus

Mexico’s Undead Rise Up

Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up

With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.

Nov 20, 2014 / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus

Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution

Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution

Religious tensions, remnants of the police state and a broken-down neoliberal economic model imperil Tunisia’s otherwise impressive democratic transition.

Nov 17, 2014 / Jahd Khalil and Foreign Policy In Focus

How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield

How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield

As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation—or a battlefield.

Nov 14, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus

The Bad News About Burma

The Bad News About Burma The Bad News About Burma

During his second visit, Obama must confront troubling reports of backsliding reforms, attacks on civilians and evidence of war crimes.

Nov 13, 2014 / Daniel P. Sullivan and Foreign Policy In Focus

History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did

History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did History Didn’t Bring Down the Berlin Wall—Activists Did

Mass uprisings like the one that brought down the Soviet bloc are neither as rare—nor as spontaneous—as they first appear.

Nov 11, 2014 / Mark Engler, Paul Engler, and Foreign Policy In Focus

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