Institute for Policy Research & Development

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Welcome

The Institute for Policy Research & Development (IPRD) is an independent non-profit research institute for transdisciplinary security studies, analysing violent conflict in the context of global ecological, energy and economic crises. Founded in April 2001, the Institute runs from the heart of London as an informal global network of specialist scholars, experts and analysts.
 
Reports

Crevice Revisited: Violent Extremism and the British Secret State PDF
By Sam Urquhart, February 2009

Unconventional Warfare in the 21st Century: U.S. Surrogates, Terrorists and Narcotraffickers PDF
By Tom Burghardt, January 2009

The Iran Threat: An Assessment of the Middle East Nuclear Stalemate PDF
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed; Published in association with Transcend Research Institute (TRI), September2008

Inside the Crevice PDF
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed; Foreword by Detective Superintendent Des Thomas (ex-CID chief), September 2007
 
Briefings

Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production PDF
By Eric deCarbonnelle, February 2009

The New Strategic Battleground: The Pentagon and Nato in the Arctic PDF
By Rick Rozoff, 3 February 2009

Global Energy War: Washington’s New Kissinger PDF
By Rick Rozoff, 28 January 2009

Zionism in Gaza's Shattered Mirror PDF
By M. Shahid Alam, Professor of Economics, Northeastern University

Has Israel Forfeited its Right to Exist as a Separate State? PDF
By Kees van der Pijl, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex

Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe PDF
By Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, 6 January 2008

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza PDF
By Stephen Lendman, 5 January 2008

The Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Political Zionism PDF
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, 5 January 2009

The Media Narrative on Palestine and Israel PDF
By Ahmed Bouzid, Published in association with Palestine Media Watch (PMW), 1 January 2009

More pontification, more propaganda on Iraq: Notes on John Ware’s BBC Iraq fiasco PDF
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, November 2007

Pakistan's Mercenary Elites PDF
By M. Shahid Alam, Preface by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, October 2007