Challenging Empire

People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power

Phyllis Bennis

January 2006

Bennis tracks the rise of US unilateralism and the doctrine of preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the UN as part of the global peace movement.

When millions around the world marched to protest the Iraq war and the US drive towards empire, the New York Times dubbed global public opinion "the second super-power". What empowered those protests was their alliance - if only for a brief moment - with governments unexpectedly willing to stand up to US pressure, and with the United Nations itself, when it followed its Charter's command to stop "the scourge of war". Bennis tracks the rise of US unilateralism and the doctrine of preemptive war, looking particularly at Iraq and Israel/Palestine, and examines both the potential and the challenges ahead in reclaiming the UN as part of the global peace movement.

Publisher:

Arris Books

ISBN:

1-56656-607-X

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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.