Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of both the Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. Phyllis is a journalist specialising in Middle East and United Nations issues. Formerly based at the United Nations, she has worked on US domination of the UN leading up to the Gulf War, economic sanctions on Iraq, international interventions and US foreign policy in the Middle East. The author and editor of books on Palestine, Iraq, the UN and the New World Order, her most recent publications are Ending the Iraq War: A Primer (Olive Branch Press, 2008), Understanding the US-Iran crisis: A Primer (Olive Branch Press, 2008), Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer (Interlink, 2007), Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN Defy US Power (Interlink, 2005), La Ideologia neoimperial: La crisis de EEUU con Irak (Icaria/TNI/CIP 2003), co-authored with Mariano Aguirre, and Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11 Crisis (Interlink, 2002).
Phyllis Bennis, Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis. Foreword by Noam Chomsky. Olive Branch Press 2003.
Occupy Wall Street: New Politics and New Milestones, Institute for Policy Studies, 31 October 2011
What's Next for US-Libyan Relations? Other Words, 24 October 2011
After Gadhafi, the West Eyes the Libyan Prize, ZNet, 22 October 2011
Phyllis Bennis Vs. The Times on Qaddafi, NYTimes eXminer, 21 October 2011
Say Goodbye to the Failed 'Peace Process' as Palestine Goes to the UN, AlterNet, 20 September 2011
Palestine, Israel, and all the Countries the U.S. is at War with after 9/11, Institute for Policy Studies, 15 September 2011
The legal flaws of the Palmer Commission flotilla report by Richard Falk and Phyllis Bennis, Citizen Pilmigrage, 13 September 2011
September 11th Didn't Change the World - September 12th Did, ZNet, 10 September 2011
Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over, Institute for Policy Studies, 7 September 2011
Too Soon to Declare Victory, CommonDreams.org, 23 August 2011
Mubarak Behind Bars, ZNet, 18 August 2011
Turkish Democracy Gives Rise to Turkish Power, ZNet, 16 July 2011
Hollow Deficit Debate Ignores the Burden of Afghanistan Military Spending, CommonDreams.org, 16 July 2011
Libya and the Limits to the "Responsibility to Protect", CommonDreams.org, 15 July 2011
In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troop Withdrawals While Maintaining the "War on Terror" Mindset, AlterNet, 22 June 2011
On the Eve of Obama's Middle East Speech, Institute for Policy Studies, 18 May 2011
Osama bin Laden killing: Justice or vengeance? Red Pepper, 2 May 2011
Phyllis Bennis: U.K. Sends Troops into Libya as International Coalition Expands Mission to Include Regime Change, Democracy Now! 19 April 2011
Libya's Opposition Calls For A Ceasefire, ZNet, 6 April 2011
Attack on Libya May Unleash a Long War, Institute for Policy Studies, 28 March 2011
Libya intervention threatens the Arab spring, Al Jazeera, 22 March 2011
No-Fly Zone Enacted as U.S. and Allied Forces Launch Air Strikes on Libya Amid Growing Concerns for Civilian Safety Interview with Phyllis Bennis, Democracy Now! 21 March 2011
UN Declares War On Libya, ZNet, 20 March 2011
Phyllis Bennis on Libya and No-Fly Zones, Institute for Policy Studies, 15 March 2011
Libya and Beyond: What's Next for Democracy?, Yes! 24 February 2011
Egypt on the Brink - And the U.S. on the Wrong Side, ZNet, 11 February 2011
Tunisia's Spark & Egypt's Flame: The Middle East Is Rising, Foreign Policy in Focus, 31 January 2011
Egyptian and Tunisian People vs US Dominance, ZNet, 31 January 2011
Obama's Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupation by Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, AlterNet, 24 December 2010
Wikileaks Shows No "New Mind-Set" in US Foreign Policy, ZNet, 30 November 2010
Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag, ZNet, 24 November 2010
One Nation: Uniting for Jobs, Not War, ZNet, 8 October 2010
Israel's Settlement Freeze Is Over ... So What?, AlterNet, 28 September 2010
We Need Millennium Development RIGHTS, Not Just Goals, Yes! 24 September 2010
Obama Iraq Policy, ZNet, 11 September 2010
Is Mosque Hysteria Being Ginned Up to Bolster Support for the Disastrous Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? ZNet, 29 August 2010
Afghanistan after the Wikileaks War Logs, ZNet, 26 August 2010
Waging Peace from Afar: Divestment and Israeli Occupation, Yes! 20 August 2010
Israel to Let the UN in...or Not? ZNet, 11 August 2010
Evidence of a Failed Mission, OtherWords, 2 August 2010
Pentagon Papers 2.0: Afghanistan, The Huffington Post, 26 July 2010
Israel's Flotilla Massacre: Made in the USA, OtherWords, 7 June 2010
From Istanbul: Outrage Over a Massacre on the High Seas, ZNet, 2 June 2010
After the Karzai Visit, Who's at the Negotiating Table?, ZNet, 25 May 2010
Can a Security Council 'Coalition of the Unwilling' Defy Washington's Sanctions Crusade?, ZNet, 23 May 2010
Massacres Expose another Reason to End Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Other Words, 3 May 2010
War Crimes Then And Now, ZNet, 30 April 2010
Rethinking Afghanistan Eight Years Later, ZNet, 7 April 2010
Israeli construction in East Jerusalem threatens renewed peace talks, ZNet, 19 March 2010
Phyllis Bennis on Ending the US War in Afghanistan, Democracy Now! 23 February 2010
Afghanistan: This War Won't Work, ZNet, 6 February 2010
Haiti, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Obama, ZNet, 19 January 2010
Haiti, Again?, The Huffington Post, 19 January 2010
Haiti, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Obama, ZNet, 19 January 2010
Yemen: Deja Vu All Over Again, Foreign Policy in Focus, 13 January 2010
US no business in the middle of Afghan civil war, ZNet, 18 December 2009
Reprise? Obama and Afghanistan, ZNet, 1 December 2009
Can Talks with Iran Lead to Obama's 'World without Nuclear Weapons'?, CommonDreams.org, 11 November 2009
The Midwest, the Mideast, and a New Book on Afghanistan, ZNet, 3 November 2009
Netanyahu Speaks: The Israel-Palestine Ball Remains in Obama's Court, ZNet, 17 June 2009
Changing the Discourse: First Step toward Changing the Policy? Foreign Policy in Focus, 4 June 2009
Netanyahu at the White House: Not Yet Change We Can Believe In, Yes! Magazine, 21 May 2009
Contested Terrain: Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan and the Peace Movement, ZNet, 9 March 2009
President Obama has things backward in Afghanistan by Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen, The Progressive, 6 March 2009
Obama to Announce Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Foreign Policy in Focus, 27 February 2009
Israel: Rise of the Right, Foreign Policy in Focus, 12 February 2009
Detaining the United Nations, ZNet, 24 December 2008
The meaning of Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between US and Iraq, ZNet, 5 December 2008
Getting to the Bottom of the Deceptive, Secretive and Artificial Iraq-U.S. Negotiations, ZNet, 30 October 2008
Understanding the US-Iran Crisis, Antiwar.com, 15 October 2008
Middle East Still At War: The U.S. Is Losing But The Winners Are Unclear, ZNet, 29 May 2008
Pressing Obama On The War: An Exchange by Phyllis Bennis and Tom Hayden, ZNet, 4 April 2008
Iraqi Government Fails In Challenging Al Sadr Militia - "Surge" Failure, ZNet, 3 April 2008
Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising In Middle East, ZNet, 10 March 2008
Iran in the Crosshairs, ZNet, 4 March 2008
The Gaza Wall Comes Tumbling Down, ZNet, 30 January 2008 (This article is a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet. To learn more, consult ZNet Sustainer Program)
Bush in the Middle East: Iran Over Palestine, Israel Over All, ZNet, 10 January 2008 (This article is a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet. To learn more, consult ZNet Sustainer Program)