Russia & US Abuse UN Veto Power admin, March 6, 2024May 20, 2024 Inter Press Service February 27, 2024: How both Russia and the United States abuse their veto power at the United Nations (Dr. Stephen Zunes is quoted midway). Russia vs Ukraine and Israel vs Hamas—have exposed once again the stark reality that the UN, created 79 years ago to maintain international… Continue Reading
Getting Ukraine’s History Right admin, March 6, 2024May 20, 2024 Getting Ukraine’s History Right Is Crucial for Anti-Imperialist Politics: Ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, what should the left make of it? Truthout 02/28/2024 Continue Reading
Russian Aggression, US Hypocrisy & Is UAE a Safe Haven for Oligarchs? admin, March 8, 2022August 14, 2024 There’s No Justification for Russia’s Aggression, But U.S. Double Standards on Illegal War Are Hard to Stomach: Nothing can excuse Putin’s invasion, but the hypocrisy could hardly be more striking. The Progressive March 1, 2022 Al Jazeera quotes Zunes March 7, 14 and 29 *The limits of Iran’s influence on… Continue Reading
Why the U.S. Did Not Overthrow Saddam Hussein admin, November 1, 2001July 16, 2024 There has been a curious bout of revisionist history in recent weeks criticizing the U.S. decision not to “finish the job” during the 1991 Gulf War and overthrow the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. With such a lopsided victory in the six-week military campaign, these right-wing critics argue the U.S. could have easily marched into the capital of Baghdad and ousted the dictator. Continue Reading
NATO’s Rush to War in Yugoslavia admin, September 3, 1999 The United States-led war against Yugoslavia continued for more than ten weeks despite the many ways it could have been avoided or ended sooner, and despite the opposition and uneasiness it generated even among its initial supporters. This essay outlines some of the reasons why the war was wrong from a moral, legal and utilitarian perspective. Continue Reading
A Tragic Miscalculation admin, April 13, 1999 There is little hope that Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic’s cease fire overtures mount to anything significant. Indeed, he has largely won the war on the ground. By contrast, NATO bombs have done a lot of damage, but have little more to show. Continue Reading
Bombing Is Not The Answer admin, March 24, 1999 The ongoing threats of NATO air strikes against Serbia to end the Milosevic regime’s repression against Kosovo’s Albanian majority is a prime example of the wrong policy at the wrong time. Continue Reading