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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. 

Middle East Politics; Iran; Iraq Occupation; American Foreign Policy; United Nations Reform

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Phyllis Bennis is frequently interviewed for radio and television and regularly contributes to Foreign Policy in Focus as well as The Nation, TomPaine.com and other progressive US magazines.

Selected publications: 
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Understanding the US-Iran crisis
Ending the Iraq War: A Primer
Challenging Empire
Before & After
Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN

Recent content by Phyllis Bennis

Afghanistan: this war won't work (26 Jan 2010)

Obama's announced troops escalation will not bring security to Afghans, it won't turn Afghanistan into a democracy, and it won't make the US safer.

Haiti, Again? (20 Jan 2010)

The marginalisation of the UN and the militarisation of the US aid effort in Haiti reflect how humanitarian needs take a back seat to the Pentagon's priorities.

Yemen: Deja Vu All Over Again (14 Jan 2010)

Obama administration approved 70 million dollars of military assistance to Yemen, just the amount of development aid that the Bush senior withdrew for Yemen's refusal to approve the first Gulf war at the UN Security Council 20 years ago.

US no business in the middle of Afghan civil war (7 Dec 2009)

Obama said that there was no military solution, but that's all he's really offering.

President Obama's Afghanistan Escalation Speech: An Assessment (3 Dec 2009)

President Obama's speech reflected accountability not to his base, the extraordinary mobilization of people who swept this anti-war and anti-racist candidate into office, but rather to the exigencies of Washington's traditional military, political, and corporate power-brokers who define "national security."

Goldstone & International Law (30 Nov 2009)

The Goldstone report is significant not only because of its detailed documentation of war crimes committed in the Gaza war, but also because of its direct reference to universal jurisdiction, that calls on all governments to arrest and try any individual responsible for the alleged crimes.

Reprise? Obama and Afghanistan (30 Nov 2009)

Obama's caving in to the pressures of Pentagon to escalate the war in Afghanistan will inevitably mean weakening his programmes at home and losing the support of the broad progressive coalition that brought him to power.

UN Note: The Missing U.S. Ambassador (8 Nov 2009)

The US crusade to bury the Goldstone report (holding Israel and Hamas
accountable for war crimes) was one of the fiercest of any waged in
recent years.

'A world without nuclear weapons' might still be possible (4 Nov 2009)

Obama should be leading global efforts towards real nuclear disarmament - and he could begin by talking to Iran about supporting a nuclear weapons-free zone.

Ending the US War in Afghanistan (3 Nov 2009)

In this compact, concise, jargon-free primer, the authors examine the U.S. war in Afghanistan and why it must be brought to an end.

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