Articles by Stephen Zunes
The Hamas Victory: Another Side to the Story
February 6, 2006 | Lost amidst the predictably negative reaction to the victory by Hamas in the Palestinian parliamentary elections is the crucial role that the U.S. government had in bringing the radical Islamist group to power.
A Mis-statement of the Union Address
February 1, 2006 | A critical evaluation of President Bush's State of the Union address highlights inconsistencies and contradictions in the Bush administration's foreign policy.
The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Not the Fault of Israel and Its Supporters
January 3, 2006 | It is critical for people to resistparticularly those who identify with the peace movementbuying into this myth that it was Israel and its supporters who were responsible for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Democracy and Double Standards: The Palestinian "Exception"
December 22, 2005 | Double standards for Hamas undermine negotiations.
El-Baradei and the IAEAs Nobel Peace Prize a Mixed Blessing
December 12, 2005 | The IAEAand the United Nations as a wholecan be useful if its findings and policies support U.S. policy and can be ignored or rejected when they do not. Unless and until that changes, this noble effort by the Nobel committee in honoring El-Baradei and the IAEA will end up meaning very little.
Libby Indictment May Open Door to Broader Iraq War Deceptions
November 14, 2005 | Some mainstream pundits and Democratic Party lawmakers are finally raising the possibility that the Bush administration was determined to go to war regardless of any strategic or legal justification.
Karen Hughes Indonesia Visit Underscores Bush Administrations PR Problems
October 28, 2005 | Dictators and Double Standards.
Bush Administration Refuses Cuban Offer of Medical Assistance Following Katrina
October 19, 2005 | Did arrogance cost lives?
The U.S. and the Israeli-Syrian Peace Process
October 12, 2005 | The United States must make human rights a cornerstone of its Middle East policy.