Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies May 28, 2009, by Emily Schwartz Greco and Stephen Zunes In response to a series of reports by human rights organizations and international legal scholars documenting serious large-scale violations of international humanitarian law…
Despite a new presidential administration and an expanded Democratic majority in Congress, teachers and their unions are under unprecedented assault through budget cuts and so-called reform efforts geared toward giving corporations increased access to, and management responsibilities for, public schools….
Hillary Clinton has received mixed though generally favorable reviews, both internationally and domestically, during her first 100 days as secretary of state. Public opinion polls in the United States give her a more than 70 percent-positive rating….
The Progressive Magazine’s 100th Anniversary Conference.
Courage to Resist
“Middle East scholar Dr. Stephen Zunes talks about how U.S. imperial hubris helped create, and continues to deepen and intensify the deadly chaos in Afghanistan. “The war not only was raised some moral and legal questions, but it has not resolved the situation, it has made matters worse. The problem is that there has been a gross oversight on the military side of the equation. The really important issues have been overlooked.”