Video: In Depth with Phyllis Bennis

20 January 2011

Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis talks in depth about her life, career, and work.

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Phyllis Bennis talks about her life, career, and work. Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, is also a fellow at the Transnational Institute and an adviser to United Nation officials on the Middle East.

She responds to telephone calls and electronic communications. A previously recorded video was shown of Ms. Bennis giving a tour of her library and talking about her writing habits at her home in the Adams Morgan area of Washington, D.C.

Phyllis Bennis is the author of eight books, including From Stones to Statehood: The Palestinian Uprising (1990); Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN (2000); Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis (2003); Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (2009); Understanding the US-Iran Crisis: A Primer (2009); and Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer (2010).

Ms. Bennis is also co-editor of Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader (1991) and Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order (1993).

About the authors

Phyllis Bennis

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 issues, as well as playing an active role in the U.S. and global peace and Palestinian rights movements. A frequent contributor to U.S. and global media, Phyllis is also the author of numerous articles and books, particularly on Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, the UN, and U.S.

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