Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
In his final weeks in office, President Donald Trump stunned the international community in formally recognizing Western Sahara as part of Morocco. Morocco has occupied much of its southern neighbor since 1975, when it invaded and annexed the former Spanish colony in defiance of the United Nations Security Council and a landmark ruling of the International Court of Justice.
The threat of further Russian aggression against Ukraine is very real. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is in a weak position to lead an international response.
KSQD January 6, 2022: Talk of the Bay host Rachel Goodman interviews Dr. Stephen Zunes about the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection and steps to protect our democracy from further attacks.
The death of former Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid of Nevada has brought forth praise for his parliamentary skills, which helped make possible some critically important legislation, as well as preventing the passage of a number of seriously problematic bills. However, on the foreign policy front, it should be noted that Reid not only failed to challenge dangerous Republican initiatives that violated fundamental principles of international law and human rights, he was often among their most prominent supporters.
In August 2019, thousands of refugees, prisoners, and families of ISIS fighters crowded into an encampment in the border town of Baghuz in eastern Syria, one of the last territories controlled by the so-called Islamic State. The United States, supported on the ground by an allied Kurdish and Arab militia, launched a massive air assault on the enclave.
VIDEO of panel with 4 other activist presenters: “Nonviolence, Peace & Transnational Part 2“ and Dr. Zunes’ PowerPoint of Photos from Sudan. Sponsor: Movement for a New Society.
12 November 2021 (begins at 23:10, but item is no longer available). See the Archives, Blog and Reviews at Western-Sahara.org.
Truthout, Oct. 19, 2021, by Stephen Zunes [source] While the death of former Secretary of State and retired Gen. Colin Powell has elicited praise-filled eulogies in the mainstream media and officials in Washington, many Americans still carry bitter feelings over…
18 October 2021: Item is no longer available. See Biden and Other Democrats Helped then Secretary of StateColin Powell Spread George W. Bush’s Iraq Lies about WMDs.
September 9, 2021: Recording is no longer available. [Find best related links.]
2 September 2021: Recording is no longer available. [Find best related links.]
KPFA and Pacifica Radio affiliates, August 31, 2021 A bomb kills Marines and Afghans trying to flee the Taliban—and the bomber was NOT Taliban. Lessons from the past, analysis of the present, and a peer into the future with Stephen…
August 20, 2021 [Recording is no longer available] Find best Afghanistan links and TazeenHasan.net
August 19, 2021 [Recording is no longer available] Find best Afghanistan related links
MediaSanctuary.org, August 18, 2021 Prof. Stephen Zunes Shares Analysis of Afghanistan War, Withdrawal and History.
Radio Islam International, 17 August 2021: “U.S. Government Still Trying to Come to Terms with How Quickly Taliban Took Over Afghanistan.”
We must not allow the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan to be used to rewrite history and teach the wrong lessons.
Pacifica Radio Flashpoints, 16 August 2021:US and Afghanistan: Leaving is never easy…
13 August 2021: Video is no longer available, but see Dr. Zunes on KTVU Feb. 21, 2022.
photos of dead Palestinian children on the front page of The New York Times to gripping accounts of people digging through the wreckage of high-rise apartment complexes and office buildings, evidence of last month’s horrific death toll from Israel’s eleven-day bombing campaign was hard to deny.