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The Presidential Elections and the Future of the Middle East (Video)

Phyllis Bennis
October 2008

While in other policy areas there are enormous differences between Obama and his Republican counterparts, on the issues of war and peace the difference is not nearly as big as his rhetoric would have us believe, argues Phyllis Bennis, which makes the need for an active anti-war movement ever more urgent.Lecture at meeting of the Rachel Corrie Foundation.

While in other policy areas there are enormous differences between Obama and his Republican counterparts, on the issues of war and peace the difference is not nearly as big as his rhetoric would have us believe, argues Phyllis Bennis, which makes the need for an active anti-war movement ever more urgent.Lecture at meeting of the Rachel Corrie Foundation.

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Phyllis Bennis

Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies

Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of both TNI and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC where she directs IPS's New Internationalism Project. Phyllis specialises in U.S. foreign policy issues, particularly involving the Middle East and United Nations. She worked as a journalist at the UN for ten years and currently serves as a special adviser to several top-level UN officials on Middle East and UN democratization issues. A frequent contributor to U.S. and global media, Phyllis is also the author of numerous articles and books, particularly on Palestine, Iraq, the UN, and U.S. foreign policy. 

 

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