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.
Pentagon Papers 2.0: Afghanistan, The Huffington Post, 26 July 2010
Israel's Flotilla Massacre: Made in the USA, Other Words, 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)