Congress vs. Obama on Iran
October 30, 2013 | Hardliners in Washington, including prominent congressional Democrats, are hard at work attempting to scuttle a nuclear deal between the United States and Iran.
Articles by Stephen Zunes
The Nobel Committee’s Rebuke to Washington’s Unilateralism
October 11, 2013 | The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) challenges the illegal and ineffective U.S. policy of going to war against alleged chemical-weapons-possessing countries.
Washington and the Egyptian Tragedy
August 20, 2013 | The vast majority of Egyptians killed since the coup have been unarmed protesters struck down with American-made weapons by soldiers transported in American-made vehicles provided by the American taxpayer.
Despite Horrific Repression, the U.S. Should Stay Out of Syria
May 15, 2013 | What can we do in Syria? Unfortunately, not much.
The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On
May 2, 2013 | The United States is in no position to take leadership in response to any use of such weaponry by Syria
Don’t Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby
March 29, 2013 | The Israel lobby is responsible for its fair share of catastrophes--but the Iraq war is not among them.
The Mali Blowback: More to Come?
February 1, 2013 | Western intervention--ostensibly on humanitarian grounds--is largely responsible for the Malian crisis in the first place.
The Case Against Kerry
January 3, 2013 | President Obama's selection of John Kerry as the next secretary of state sends the wrong signal to America's allies and adversaries alike.
Susan Rice Would Have Been a Bad Secretary of State Anyway
December 17, 2012 | The mainstream media was too willing to focus on spurious criticisms of Susan Rice from the right while ignoring legitimate criticisms from the left.
Abetting the Carnage in Gaza
November 26, 2012 | Steadfast diplomatic and military U.S. support helped enable Israeli violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.