by Stephen Zunes

About the author: Stephen Zunes is Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus and serves as an associate professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco.

The invasion and occupation of Iraq posed new challenges to peace and justice activists. The growing credibility crisis of the Bush administration with respect to Iraq, as well as the ongoing crisis on the ground in Iraq, provides us with new opportunities. Below I present four theses on one campaign that could use these opportunities in a creative way: a campaign to turn the administration of Iraq over to the United Nations.

The Campaign

1. A United Nations administration would be more likely to bring peace and stability...