Stories by Stephen Zunes
Stephen Zunes is a professor of Politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco and serves as a senior policy analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus.
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Congressional resolutions passed overwhelmingly on Thursday attack the credibility of Amnesty International and other human rights groups worldwide.
Posted on May 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: AlterNet
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, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
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