Interview: Jimmy Carter’s Legacy with Stephen Zunes admin, January 12, 2025January 13, 2025 WORT-FM January 9, 2025 (50 mins.): Stephen Zunes joins host Allen Ruff to critically assess the legacy of a former president as most media tend to overlook the low points of Carter’s time in office. Carter inherited the presidency at the height of US imperialism with limited foreign-policy experience, propping… Continue Reading
As President, Jimmy Carter Was Not a “Peacemaker” admin, January 11, 2025January 13, 2025 In These Times, January 10, 2025 The recent passing of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has led to some well-deserved praise of his legacy, particularly in regard to his exemplary service as a peacemaker and humanitarian since leaving the White House in 1981. During his post-presidency, he was also subjected to… Continue Reading
Jimmy Carter Warned Us About Israeli Apartheid admin, January 5, 2025January 13, 2025 The Progressive January 2, 2025: The late President Jimmy Carter… was met with intense criticism for insisting that standards of peace, human rights, and international law should apply not just to countries hostile to U.S. interests, but to U.S. allies like Israel as well. Particularly controversial was Carter’s 2006 book,… Continue Reading
UN: Charter Reform & Threat If Trump’s Elected admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Two articles quoting Dr. Zunes:* On the threat to the United Nations system if Trump is elected.Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Director of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the United Nations, told IPS: “Yes, this would indeed be… Continue Reading
Video: Oxford Union Debate Against Military Intervention to Promote Democracy admin, October 9, 2024January 13, 2025 This House Would Fight for Democracy, Liberty & the Rule of Law Abroad, April 8, 2023 [11 mins., Prof. Stephen Zunes’ impassioned argument against John Bolton.] Continue Reading
Don’t Believe the Rampant Disinformation over Israel’s Escalation in Lebanon admin, August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Truthout August 2, 2024: The US is misrepresenting the strike on Majdal Shams and even the geography and political status of where it took place. Israel has been trading strikes with Hezbollah, the Lebanese political party and armed group, ever since October. So far, the strikes have killed at least… Continue Reading
A Move to Out-Maneuver the US Veto to admit the State of Palestine as a UN member admin, August 7, 2024August 8, 2024 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 21, 2024 (IPS) Inter Press Service, by Thalif Deen, quoting Dr. Stephen Zunes: “It has been U.S. policy since 1990 to withdraw funding from any United Nations agency which grants Palestine member status…’” Continue Reading
Antiwar/Solidarity Activism on Gaza: New Generation, New Challenges admin, May 14, 2024August 8, 2024 Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source] Continue Reading
Biden Claims to Support a Two-State Solution but his Policies Say Otherwise admin, April 19, 2024August 8, 2024 Truthout April 17, 2024: Recent initiatives by the Palestinian government to revive their application for UN membership are testing the U.S. claim it supports a “two-state solution” [source] Continue Reading
Trump’s Dangerous Abrogation of the Iran Deal admin, May 9, 2018August 14, 2024 The Progressive, May 9, 2018: Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and the UK, France, Germany, Russia, China, and the U.S.—strikes a dangerous blow against arms control and international security and more firmly establishes the U.S…. Continue Reading
Power’s Prophet: Remembering Gene Sharp admin, February 1, 2018January 14, 2025 The Progressive February 1, 2018: Dr. Gene Sharp, a Harvard University-based scholar, through his through analysis of centuries of nonviolent struggle, made a convincing case on utilitarian grounds that nonviolent struggle was a more effective and successful means of resistance than violence… [Related article & Petition] Continue Reading
Bipartisan Assault on Middle East Peace admin, May 30, 2012August 15, 2024 29 May 2012 Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies Also: Huffington Post, Antiwar.com, Rise Up Times, Salem News (Oregon) and interviewed on The Scott Horton Show. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed 411-2 a dangerous piece of legislation (H.R. 4133) which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process,… Continue Reading
U.S. policy undermines moderate Palestinians admin, October 28, 2011August 18, 2024 The Palestinians declared an independent state back in 1988, which has been recognized by more than 130 of the world’s nations. The Obama administration, however, insists that it is still too early for Palestine to be admitted into the United Nations. Continue Reading
Senate Again Undermines Obama’s Middle-East Peace Efforts admin, October 4, 2010September 14, 2024 Once again, as President Barack Obama began pressuring the right-wing Israeli government to freeze the expansion of its illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, leading Congressional Democrats have joined in with Republicans to try to stop him. Continue Reading
Still No Peace admin, January 16, 2008July 16, 2024 President George W. Bush has been using somewhat stronger language than he has uttered previously about the Israeli-Palestinian situation and has made some optimistic predictions of a peace agreement within a year. Nevertheless, there is little reason to hope that the president is any more serious about or is any more likely to be successful in bringing about a negotiated settlement to the conflict…. Continue Reading
The Failure of Annapolis admin, December 3, 2007July 16, 2024 Despite the best efforts by the Bush administration of putting a positive spin on the recently-completed summit in Annapolis to restart the “Performance-Based Road Map to Peace,” there is little reason to expect that it will actually move the Israeli-Palestinian peace process forward as long as the United States insists on simultaneously playing the role of chief mediator and chief supporter of the more powerful of the two parties. Continue Reading
Broken Peace Process admin, November 26, 2007July 16, 2024 There’s little reason to hope for a breakthrough at the Middle East peace summit in Annapolis, unless there is a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And there’s little evidence to suggest such a change is forthcoming…. Continue Reading
U.S. Blocks Israel-Syria Talks admin, May 1, 2007January 9, 2025 Even as American officials reluctantly agreed last month to include Syrian representatives in multiparty talks on Iraqi security issues, the Bush administration continues to block Israel from resuming negotiations with Syria over its security concerns. In 2003, President Bashar al-Assad offered to resume peace talks with Israel where they had left off three years earlier, but Israel, backed by the Bush administration, refused. Assad eventually agreed to reenter peace negotiations without preconditions, but even these overtures were rejected…. Continue Reading