Institute of Policy Studies

24.04.2008 This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.

13.04.2005 Institute for Policy Studies hosts a lunchtime discussion with Michael Mandel, author of How America Gets Away with Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity.

22.07.2004 Phyllis Bennis and Michael Sochynsky argue that if the June 28 “hand-over of sovereignty” in Baghdad was a ploy to boost support for the Iraq war by reducing casualties of coalition forces, it has not worked. With 36 U.S. military casualties in less than one month, the withdrawal of the Filipino, contingent and the planned withdrawal of New Zealand and Australian troops, public support for the war in the U.S. and among coalition partners is at the lowest level ever.

24.06.2004 Ronald Reagan’s success as politician stemmed from his experiences as an actor says Marcus Raskin. He fused illusion and reality on the political stage by building on people's fears and insecurities, playing on how terrible “conditions were in the United States and how, with his leadership, it was going to be a perennial morning in America.”

04.05.2004 Arianna Huffington will talk about her recently released book, Fanatics & Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America. She examines both "fanatics" in the Bush White House as well as "fools" in the Democratic opposition. She sketches the corruption and dysfunction embedded in America's contemporary political landscape while laying out her game plan for winning back American democracy.