"Islamic Fascism?"

Ismael Hossein-zadeh is a professor of economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. He is the author of the newly published book, The Political Economy of U.S. Militarism. His Web page is http://www.cbpa.drake.edu/hossein-zade

"U.S. Iran Policy Irks Senior Commanders: the Military vs. Militaristic Civilian Leadership"

Ismael Hossein-zadeh is a professor of economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. He is the author of the newly published book, The Political Economy of U.S. Militarism. His Web page is http://www.cbpa.drake.edu/hossein-zade

"Origins of the Recent Wars of Choice—and Their Impact on U.S. Global Markets"

Dr. Ismael Hossein-zadeh teaches economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.In the first part of this study I will examine the economic implications and consequences of the recent external military adventures for U.S. global markets. After showing that such military adventures cannot be justified on the grounds of broader national economic interests, I will then examine the powerful special interests that are dangerously vested in the business of war and are, therefore, responsible for the tendency to permanent war and militarism.(This paper was presented at the annual symposium of the Center for Global Trade and Development, Chapman University, CA, April 6-8, 2006.

"The Axis of war and mischief in the Middle East"

Ismael Hossein-zadeh is a professor of economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. His email address is [email protected] articles was subsequently reposted on a number of other e-journals, including: http://edstrong.blog-city.com/read/176412.htm and http://www.bnfp.org. A slightly modified version was published in "Against the Current" (Vol. 18, no. 5, November/December 2003: 26-33 under the title, "The Neocon-Zionist Alliance for War

Why the US is not leaving Iraq

Neither the Iraq Study Group nor other establishment critics of the Iraq war are calling for the withdrawal of US troops from that country. To the extent that the Study Group or the new Congress purport to inject some “realism” into the Iraq policy, such projected modifications do not seem to amount to more than changing the drivers of the US war machine without changing its destination, or objectives: control of Iraq’s political and economic policies. In light of the fact that by now almost all of the factions of the ruling circles, including the White House and the neoconservative war-mongers, acknowledge the failure of the Iraq war, why, then, do they balk at the idea of pulling the troops out of that country? Perhaps the shortest path to a relatively satisfactory answer would be to follow the money. The fact is that not everyone is losing in Iraq