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Foreign Policy July 8, 2016
What the Democratic Party Platform Tells Us About Where We Are on War
It shows the limits of party politics—and the necessity of social movements to challenge those limits.
Phyllis Bennis
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Foreign Policy February 23, 2016
A Sanders Foreign-Policy Doctrine? How About ‘No Wars for the Billionaire Class’?
It provides a framework to address a host of issues, including the Middle East wars, intervention and aid, trade deals, and negotiating with adversaries.
Phyllis Bennis
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Foreign Policy January 19, 2016
The US-Iran Prisoner Swap Proves Diplomacy Works
But we must not take the survival of the nuclear deal for granted, because it still has many powerful opponents.
Phyllis Bennis
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US Wars and Military Action January 14, 2016
Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?
Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.
Jeff Faux, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Phyllis Bennis and Sherle R. Schwenninger
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Terrorism November 14, 2015
After the Paris Attacks, a Call for Justice—Not Vengeance
The years after September 11 are a powerful reminder that an “all-out war” on terror only creates more terrorism.
Phyllis Bennis
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Foreign Policy March 20, 2015
The Jim Crow Holy Land
Our own progress against racism in the United States remains too recent, too fragile and too incomplete to go on abetting apartheid in Israel.
Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Government September 15, 2014
The Solution to War That Obama Doesn’t Want to Hear
If President Obama denounces military action, why is he preparing for another war in Iraq and Syria?
Phyllis Bennis and N’Kosi Oates
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US Wars and Military Action September 11, 2014
The Speech on Diplomacy That Obama Should Have Given Last Night
Not taking military action isn’t the same thing as doing nothing.
Phyllis Bennis
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Regions and Countries July 15, 2014
Why Opposing the Israel Lobby Is No Longer Political Suicide
Our movement isn’t strong enough yet to end US enabling of the carnage in Gaza—but the shift in public discourse is a crucial first step.
Phyllis Bennis
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Foreign Policy May 28, 2014
Pope Francis in Palestine
Pope Francis’ seemingly impromptu prayer at Israel's apartheid wall hinted at a radical critique of Israel in an otherwise carefully orchestrated trip.
Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus