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Occupy Wall Street: New politics and new milestones
November 2011
Phyllis Bennis

The occupy movement has achieved an incredible and much-needed shake-up of a long-standing political stasis in the US and elsewhere, but it is crucial now to highlight the connection between failed foreign policy, bloated military spending and illegal wars, and the economic crisis at home.

Bye-bye peace process: Palestine comes to the UN
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

After 20 years of failed U.S. diplomacy based on protecting Israel’s occupation, the need to move to a new diplomacy rooted in international law and human rights remains a vital necessity.

September 11th Didn't Change the World. September 12th Did
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.

Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

It might seem like cause for celebration after reading the New York Times headline, "Iraq War Marks First Month with No U.S. Military Deaths." But the smaller print on the page reminds us why celebrating is not really...

Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy
August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

How an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.

The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
August 2011
Walden Bello

Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.

Mubarak behind bars: Human rights and justice
August 2011
Phyllis Bennis

Human rights standards may not be met in this trial, but the more essential purpose is to prove there's no going back to the days prior to the Tahrir revolution.

We want our money back
July 2011
David Sogge

Angry citizens want their nations’ money back and rightfully so. Banks should be curbed instead of allowed to enthusiastically facilitate the illicit outflow of money by dictators.

Turkey, the Region, and the West after the Elections
June 2011
Richard Falk
 Hilal Elver

American newspapers lead the new angle of biased critisim on Turkey. Such a shame because Ankara has proven to be an independant regional influence in the Middle East, with its own brand of soft power diplomacy.

Understanding the Arab Spring
June 2011
Kamil Mahdi
Phyllis Bennis
Ben Hayes
 Salwa Ismail, Shaheer George, Mehdi Lalou, Yao Graham,

Middle East scholars join TNI fellows in a unique and fascinating discussion of the context of the democracy uprisings in the Middle East and the way it may shape the region for future generations.

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