New Internationalism

Here’s how the U.S. can leverage its wealth, safety, and diplomacy to serve the refugees it helped to create.

Winning the fight to protect the deal in Congress was a huge victory for diplomacy over war. But there’s still much work to be done.

Phyllis Bennis: “Everyone is safer with this deal — because everyone is safer when we use diplomacy instead of war.”

Will the monumental deal lay the foundation for creating a nuclear free zone throughout the Middle East?

Open Letter Urges Congress to Take Path of Diplomacy, Not War

On what legal grounds can the White House justify airstrikes against ISIS?

Phyllis Bennis discusses the rise of ISIS and U.S. foreign policy since the September 11, 2001 attacks

Author and analyst Phyllis Bennis discusses president Obama’s Iranian nuclear deal and the opposition to that deal.

Lawmakers need to hear from their constituents who support the nuclear deal with Iran.

Despite the focus on Iran, Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has a nuclear weapons arsenal.

You may have heard that “both sides” committed abuses in last Gaza war. But there’s no comparison when it comes to the scale of the violations — or the body count.

The U.S. military-industrial complex plays a role as Congress considers rejecting the Iran nuclear agreement despite the potential cost of war.

The Iran deal is “largely a win for those opposed to militarization,” says Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis discusses the Iranian nuclear agreement as a beginning, not an end, for relations between the U.S. and Iran

After more than a year of negotiations, a U.S.-backed nuclear deal with Iran has been struck.

Besieged territory struggles to recover from last year’s attacks, despite pledges of aid.

Why the latest increase in military presence by the U.S. in the region is doomed to fail

Even as Obama admits there’s no military solution in Iraq, the Pentagon is pouring more U.S. troops and weapons into its floundering war on the Islamic State.

Phyllis Bennis argues that collateral damage from military strikes and corrupt governance are only strengthening the Islamic State

Decades of U.S. support for military action by Iraqi governments increase sectarian divide and causes further devastation in the Middle East.