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.
Articles by Stephen Zunes
‘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.
Republican Candidates Defend Killing Civilians to Fight Terrorism—and So Do Democrats
December 23, 2015 | There's a bipartisan effort to justify the killing of civilians in the "war on terrorism."
The Troubling Implications of Hillary’s Anti-BDS Letter
July 10, 2015 | Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's position on the Israeli occupation of the West Bank does not bode well for her future foreign policy.
How the U.S. Contributed to Yemen’s Crisis
April 20, 2015 | Washington's support for Yemen's former dictatorship — and of Saudi efforts to sideline the country's nonviolent pro-democracy movement — helped create the current crisis.