Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
Wyoming Star, August 13, 2025, ByJoe Yans, quoting Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes: … This is not a religious conflict, first and foremost, and that hasn’t stopped extremists, both Jewish and Muslim, from trying to turn it into one. Not to…
Zunes’s 2023 academic article, The Power and Value of Strategic Nonviolent Action, is now available free online. A good summary of his work on strategic nonviolent action and an important overview of recent developments in the field.
KPFA Evening News (Sunday) – July 27, 2025 [begins at 9:30]
KTVU August 8, 2025, Bay Area Fox affiliate, about Gaza, a Trump-Putin summit, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan treaty [Zunes’s segment runs 2:00-7:40]
The Wyoming Star, Aug. 8, 2025, piece by Joe Yans, quotes Zunes: But why should a bilateral peace process between two non-Middle Eastern states be co-opted into a framework that was originally designed (at least nominally) to normalize relations between…
Arab Organization for Human Rights, UK, August 8, 2025, sponsored this panel on the misnamed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” the ongoing massacres, and the political implications, featuring: Zunes, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, former GHF contractor Anthony Aguilar, and three physicians…
VIDEO: Resistance with Metta Spencer July 2025, featuring Zunes, Jorgen Johansen, and Jill Carr-Harris, on the role of strategic nonviolent action in challenging the crises facing the world today. Also see his overview of recent developments: The Power and Value of…
The Progressive, August 5, 2025, by Stephen Zunes [source & audio] It would be a mistake to view the U.S. bombing of Iran and support for Israel’s twelve-day war on that country as simply about preventing the Iranian regime from…
Truthout, August 2, 2025, By Stephen Zunes [podcast & source] The UN treats the Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Western Sahara people. Washington’s designation of armed groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) has always been politicized, but it…
FO° Talks July 30, 2025 [25 mins.] Fair Observer’s Rohan Khattar Singh speaks to Professor Stephen Zunes about Iran, Israel and the United States… Trump has brought back the “Maximum Pressure” policy back on Iran with new sanctions, and for…
KPFA Evening News (Sunday) – July 27, 2025 [begins at 4:40]
KTVU July 21, 2025, Bay Area network affiliate [begins at 2:00] As fears of hunger in Gaza grow, countries are calling for an end to the war. In a joint statement on Monday. Twenty-five nations have described recent deaths in…
KALW Radio, San Francisco, July 17, 2025, on Israel’s attacks on Syria and related developments.
First published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel July 11, 2025, by Stephen Zunes:“My guest editorial from the Santa Cruz Sentinel takes on Rep. Jimmy Panetta for his bill that would designate the government of Western Sahara as a Foreign Terrorist…
KPFA-FM Pacifica Network, July 19, 2025: Zunes discusses Israel, Syria, Gaza, and other recent developments [segment starts at 12:30] and July 13 on mass killing [segment starts at 13:15; Note: Each broadcast must load before you can drag the pointer…
Al Jazeera English Inside Story July 17, 2025 (16.5M subscribers):Zunes joins a Syrian and Israeli analyst on latest developments in Israel’s war on Syria.
Zunes Facebook Video July 17, 2025: Meanwhile, the Trump administration and the leadership of both parties in Congress continue to say yes. As the U.S./Israeli-imposed famine on Gaza increases, I keep getting solicitations to contribute to Democratic candidates who insist…
CNA (Channel News Asia) July 6, 2025 (9 mins.)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said July 6 he hoped an upcoming meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could “help advance” a Gaza ceasefire deal, after sending negotiators to Doha for indirect…
Inter Press Service, UN June 13 2025 (IPS) By Thalif Deen [source]Zunes quoted on the extreme efforts the Trump administration is taking to prevent the emergence of even a Palestinian mini-state alongside Israel, including threats of “diplomatic consequences” against countries…
Counterpunch, May 26, 2025, by Daniel Falcone [source]. Quotes Zunes on Trump’s dangerous militarism, despite isolationist rhetoric