What Obama Didn't Say in his U.N. Speech
Stephen ZunesIn his speech today before the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama made important and valid points on the issues of human rights, arms control, and global governance. But note...
View ArticleKidnapping Terror Suspects Won’t Solve the Problem
Stephen ZunesThe capture of Anas al-Libi (pictured), a prominent Al-Qaeda leader allegedly responsible for the devastating 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, by U.S. Navy Seals in Libya has...
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The United States' Tragic Role in Iraq
Stephen ZunesThe dramatic rise of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—which even al-Qaeda deemed too extreme to remain part of its network—is a tragedy by any measure. It would also...
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Netanyahu's Ugly Game in Gaza
Stephen ZunesBy Stephen ZunesThe murder by unknown assailants of three Israeli teens who were members of an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Back would normally have been treated by both sides...
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Netanyahu Still Swaying U.S. Congress
Stephen ZunesIsraeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of Congress on March 3 was unprecedented in many ways.It constituted a major breach of protocol, in that it was...
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Hardliners on All Sides Undermining Iran's Nuclear Talks
Stephen ZunesReaching an interim nuclear deal with Iran would have been difficult enough even without hardliners in both Iran and the United States seeking to undermine them.Many U.S. critics of the...
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Obama's Escalation in Syria
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 10:04amStephen ZunesPhoto by U.S. ArmyPresident Obama’s announcement that he would send up to 50 U.S. Special Forces to "train, advise and assist" armed...
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Why Netanyahu Needs Holocaust Revisionism and Israeli-Palestinian Violence
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Tue, 10/27/2015 - 10:30amStephen ZunesPhoto by Justin McIntoshIsraeli prime minister Netanyahu’s October 20 speech claiming that Hitler had not planned to exterminate Jews...
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Clinton’s Iraq War Vote Still Appalls
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 9:53amStephen ZunesHillary Clinton greeting U.S. military personnel. Photo by Corwin Colbert.In 2002, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York voted to authorize...
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Hillary and Bernie Part Ways on Israel
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 11:34amStephen ZunesScreenshot taken from MSNBC debate coverageThe foreign policy divide between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could not have been...
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Turkey’s Creeping Authoritarianism: Is the Resistance Enough?
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 3:32pmStephen ZunesErdoğan image by Democracy Chronicles.Turkey’s march towards authoritarianism took another dangerous turn this past week with the...
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Defending Israel’s Attacks on Civilians—A Harbinger for Clinton’s Presidency?
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 1:29pmStephen ZunesFive-year-old Shaymaa al-Masriat a-Shifaa Hospital, Gaza after Israeli strikes in July 2014. Her mother, two brothers, and a cousin...
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Pick Your Poison: Clinton Vs. Trump on Foreign Policy
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Tue, 06/14/2016 - 7:48pmStephen ZunesDonald Trump by Gage Skidmore, Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg, Hillary Clinton by C-Span In their remarks to the nation following...
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Fight the Real Enemy: Terrorism, Not Immigration
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 06/29/2016 - 1:05pmStephen ZunesPhoto by Mstyslav Chernov.What is most disturbing about the dramatic and disruptive decision by the U.K. electorate to leave Europe is...
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We Know They Lied about Iraq’s WMDs, but It Gets Worse
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 07/13/2016 - 12:19pmStephen ZunesPhoto of George Bush and Tony Blair at NATO summit in Istanbul. Image via WikimediaSir John Chilcot’s report on Great Britain’s role...
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The Good News and the Bad News About Turkey’s Attempted Coup
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Tue, 07/19/2016 - 9:38amStephen ZunesPhoto of anti-coup demonstrators in Turkey by Lubunya.The survival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice...
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"Most Progressive Dem Platform in History" Hawkish on Foreign Policy
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 1:25pmStephen ZunesImage by Joeff DavisThe Democratic Party platform may indeed be, as some have proclaimed, the “most progressive” in the history of the...
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The Death of One of Washington’s Favorite Tyrants
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 9:52amStephen ZunesU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Shakes Hands With President Karimov of Uzbekistan in Samarkand, November 2015. Image courtesy U.S....
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Putin's U.S. Defenders
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Thu, 09/15/2016 - 11:06amStephen ZunesVladimir Putin, Direct LineAfter experiencing decades of rightwing attacks for being “soft” on Moscow, progressives may be feeling a...
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Millennial Apathy and a Possible President Trump
Submitted by Stephen Zunes on Wed, 09/28/2016 - 11:19amStephen ZunesImage by Hillary for AmericaDespite the widely recognized shellacking of Donald Trump by Hillary Clinton in Monday night’s debate,...
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