Phyllis Bennis
Organization:
Institute for Policy Studies
Position:
Fellow/Director of New Internationalism Project
Areas of Expertise:
Palestinian national rights and the U.S. role in the Middle East peace process, Iraq (impact of economic sanctions on humanitarian conditions), U.S. domination of UN, failed and failing U.S. policies in the Middle East and how those policies can be retooled to meet the goal of a comprehensive peace with justice, Palestinian national rights, U.S. policy towards the Palestinians, Europe's role in the Middle East peace process, and the role of the UN and international law, US foreign policy and (failure of) US interventions
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Notable Publications/Publishers:
Author, Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power (2006); author, "Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis" (Aug. 2002); co-editor, "Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader
| Phyllis Bennis (DC): Fellow/Director of New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies; Author, Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (2007); wrote, “Netanyahu at the White House: Not Yet Change We Can Believe In” (5/20/09); U.S. should condition $3 bn annual U.S. military aid to Israel on Israeli compliance with international law, U.S. call for regional peace conference, U.S. should support Middle East-wide nuclear weapons free zone |
