About Right Web
Right Web is a program of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) that assesses the work of prominent organizations and individuals—both in and out of government—who promote militarist U.S. foreign and defense policies, with a special focus on the “war on terror” and the Middle East. Right Web aims to foster informed public debate about these policies with feature articles and profiles of individuals and organizations that examine political discourses and institutional allegiances over time.
Efforts to push militaristic policies cross party lines, and so Right Web examines individuals and organizations across the political spectrum, as well as “nonpartisan” political actors. Reporters, researchers, and analysts have come to rely on Right Web for its well-documented research and analysis.
Originally founded by the now-defunct International Relations Center (IRC) in 2003, Right Web represented a revival of an earlier IRC program called GroupWatch (1985-1991), which profiled more than 125 private, quasi-governmental, and religious organizations that were closely associated with the implementation of U.S. foreign policy in the 1980s, especially in Central America. IPS took over Right Web from the Political Reseaerch Associates in January 2010.
Right Web Staff
Michael Flynn, project director of IPS Right Web, is a writer based in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the founder and lead researcher of the Geneva-based Global Detention Project (http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/), a former associate editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a past fellow of the International Reporting Project (formerly the Pew International Journalism Program), and the recipient of multiple grants from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. His articles have been published by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Inter Press Service, Asia Times, and Mexico's Reforma, among other media outlets. He holds a bachelor’s in philosophy from DePaul University and a master’s in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Andrew Swift, Right Web editorial assistant, is a former researcher and web assistant at Foreign Policy magazine and a graduate of the University of Iowa.
Peter Certo oversees Right Web's social media projects and is an editorial assistant at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Samer Araabi is a contributor to Right Web and Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He holds an MA in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics.
Please Note: Right Web and IPS neither represent nor endorse any of the individuals or groups profiled on our site.
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Please Note: Right Web and IPS neither represent nor endorse any of the individuals or groups profiled on our site.
Inquiries or media requests can be emailed to IPS or sent to:
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Washington DC 20036
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