How U.S. Policy Failures Have Helped Hamas
October 31, 2023 | To begin with, Washington has failed to be an honest broker in the peace process.
Articles by Stephen Zunes
Biden’s Dangerous Refusal to Reverse Trump’s Western Sahara Policy
January 21, 2022 | Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling.
Many Americans Refused to Consider Why 9/11 Happened. The Costs Were Enormous.
September 10, 2021 | Middle East experts who opposed America’s post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.
From Aleppo to Gaza: A Handy Guide for Defending War Crimes
May 26, 2021 | The rhetoric Israel’s defenders have used to defend its assault on Gaza is a mirror image of that employed by apologists for Syria's regime.
‘More AIPAC Than J Street’: Kamala Harris Runs to the Right on Foreign Policy
January 28, 2019 | The California senator's hardline positions on Israel-Palestine point to a dangerous disregard for international law.
Despite Everything, U.S. Troops Should Leave Syria
January 3, 2019 | A small detachment of U.S. troops won't protect the Kurds from Turkish aggression, but putting conditions on arms transfers might.
Remembering Martin Luther King, the Radical for Peace
April 4, 2018 | The late civil rights leader warned prophetically that the U.S. would be trapped in a series of overseas military entanglements while the gap between the rich and poor back home grew ever larger.
Once Again, Democrats Are Blowing It on Middle East Peace
January 11, 2017 | In the first major foreign policy vote of the new Congress, most Democrats sided with Donald Trump — and against international law — on Israeli settlements.
On Hillary Clinton, Sexism, and U.S. Foreign Policy
February 12, 2016 | Feminists who oppose Hillary Clinton's imperialism can't just challenge her foreign policy. We have to challenge the sexist attacks against her, too.
The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote to Invade Iraq
January 26, 2016 | Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate's support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn't.