Stories by Stephen Zunes
Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and Middle East editor of Foreign Policy In Focus. He is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003).
'Whoever becomes the next president, this war will continue to impact your life for many years to come.'
Posted on Mar 21, 2008
Obama's views on foreign policy are a decidedly mixed bag.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008
Clinton's foreign policy is the definition of "Bush lite."
Posted on Dec 17, 2007
Clinton's position on Iraq is almost indistinguishable from Bush's.
Posted on Dec 13, 2007
A note to the 2008 candidates: support for the 2002 Iraq War resolution is not something that can simply be forgiven and forgotten.
Posted on Oct 16, 2007
Many hope that a Democratic victory in November will end the Iraq war. But Dem leaders seem content with more of the same.
Posted on Sep 12, 2006
The White House has long wanted to crush Hezbollah. Finally they persuaded someone else to do it for them.
Posted on Aug 25, 2006
Whatever one might think of Hezbollah, it didn't pose a serious enough threat to Israel's security to justify a pre-emptive war.
Posted on Aug 8, 2006
As the Bush administration spins stories on Iran, Americans are left to wonder whether we will be thrust into another war.
Posted on May 3, 2006
The government of Israel and its supporters deserve blame for many tragic policies in recent years; the U.S. invasion of Iraq, however, is not one of them.
Posted on Jan 14, 2006
The Bush administration decision that most directly contributed to the high numbers of unnecessary deaths from Katrina was the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Posted on Sep 4, 2005
The Bush Administration used Amnesty International's reports to push its case for war on Iraq. But when the organization criticized abuses in U.S. military prisons, the gloves came off.
Posted on Jun 9, 2005
The Democratic Party platform is exceptional only in its whole-hearted embrace of a rightwing foreign policy that would warm any neocon's heart.
Posted on Aug 10, 2004
When it comes to toeing Ariel Sharon's line, the Democratic leadership and its anointed heirs put the White House to shame.
Posted on Dec 24, 2003
Democrats failed the country by refusing to stand up to the Bush Administration on the only issue that mattered to the public: the war on Iraq.
Posted on Nov 7, 2002
The weakness of the Bush administration's case against Iraq became crystal clear in the president's address to the nation.
Posted on Oct 8, 2002
Bush's much-anticipated UN address was a brazen act of hypocrisy that failed to present any credible evidence for an attack on Iraq.
Posted on Sep 16, 2002
The key assumptions underlying the planned war are based on dangerous fallacies that undermine the United States' moral and legal obligations as a nation.
Posted on Aug 22, 2002
The President's plan for peace in the Middle East is just plain unfair -- and likely to lead to frustration and anger rather than resolution.
Posted on Jun 25, 2002
U.S. military aid to Israel is neither increasing its security nor improving prospects for peace. It may be time to turn off the tap.
Posted on May 10, 2002
Congressional resolutions passed overwhelmingly on Thursday attack the credibility of Amnesty International and other human rights groups worldwide.
Posted on May 3, 2002
In a time of real terrorist threat and increasing U.S. militarism, peace activists must look to new strategies or risk further marginalization.
Posted on Feb 12, 2002
Somalia may be the next target in the war on terrorism. It's history -- including huge military support from the U.S. to fight communism -- is strikingly similar to Afghanistan's.
Posted on Jan 17, 2002
A summary of what should be known -- and often is not -- about the people, politics and history of the Middle East.
Posted on Oct 1, 2001
Professor Stephen Zunes summarize what should be known -- and often is not -- about U.S. foreign policy in the Mid East.
Posted on Sep 26, 2001
With the deployment of "Operation Infinite Justice," as the Pentagon has dubbed the order of combat aircraft to bases in the Persian Gulf, it appears a military strike against Afghanistan is in the works. Here's why it's a bad idea.
Posted on Sep 19, 2001
Instead of focusing on further militarization, the U.S. should improve intelligence and reexamine its Middle East policy, which has been based upon alliances with repressive governments.
Posted on Sep 14, 2001
Washington has used the threat of Islamic fundamentalism as a justification for keeping a high military, economic and political profile in the Middle East. Yet it has often supported Muslim hardliners when they were perceived to enhance U.S. interests, as they did in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. A background report from a professor of MidEast politics.
Posted on Sep 12, 2001
