M. Shahid Alam, Author at Foreign Policy Journal

About the Author

M. Shahid Alam

M. Shahid Alam is professor of economics at Northeastern University; he is also the faculty adviser to Students for Justice in Palestine on the campus. He is an economist, essayist, translator and poet. His most recent book, Israeli Exceptionalism, was published in 2007 by Palgrave.

Israel: A Failing Colonial Project

Posted by M. Shahid Alam | Jul 5, 2010 | News & Analysis, Palestine, US |

Increasingly, despite its early military and political successes, Israel cannot for long endure as...

Zionists Against Zion?

Posted by M. Shahid Alam | Mar 30, 2010 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints |

Even if US-Israeli differences over the Middle East are finessed for now, that will not be the end of it. The pressures that have persuaded the US to insist on a ‘solution’ to the Palestinian problem will persist. The realities that have produced the present ‘flap’ are not going away.

USA and USSR: Accidental Parallels?

Posted by M. Shahid Alam | Feb 22, 2010 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |

Over the past decade, China has continued to make economic gains in Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria and Afghanistan, while the United States occupies, sanctions or launches military attacks against these countries.