Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
Panel Zunes hosted April 20. 2026 [1:16] with Robert Malley, a key figure in recent Democratic administrations in negotiations with Iran and with Israel & Palestine, and Daniel Zoughbie of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.…
BBC April 21, 2026: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks.
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio with Kris Welch, April 17, 2026 (begins at 15:35)
Truthout, April 17, 2026: Democrats share responsibility with the GOP for creating the climate that made such a war possible. Unlike the invasion of Iraq, which received the support of a sizable minority of congressional Democrats, Donald Trump’s war on…
The 2026 edition of Globus magazine, a student publication on global affairs at the University of San Francisco, features Zunes, who “In between teaching graduate courses, is often found at his desk [dwarfed by] a time capsule of his publications…
KTVU Fox 2, Bay Area, April 16, 2026 (6 min.): As US-Iran double blockade of strait continues.
CNA938 Rewind, Singapore, April 13, 2026 (15-min. audio): Analysis: President Trump orders a sweeping naval operation targeting the Strait of Hormuz after peace talks in Pakistan fail. The measure targets vessels transiting all Iranian ports along the Persian Gulf and…
The Progressive April 10, 2026: Whether, or not the ceasefire ends up failing, the erratic President has put the region and world in grave danger… [Audio transcripts; podcast]
Zunes quoted in Wyoming Star, April 10, 2026, by Joe Yans: “Despite US and Israeli claims to the contrary, Pakistani mediators and others have confirmed that the agreement for a two-week halt to the fighting and the reopening of the…
Fairpost America, Indian television network, April 7, 2026 [10 mins., Zunes segment begins at 6:30]
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 8, 2026 [6 mins.]
Fair Observer, April 7, 2026 [45 mins.]
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 7, 2026 [8 mins.]
BBC April 6, 2026, 4 minutes:
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 6, 2026 [6 mins.]
Inter Press Service News, United Nations, April 6, 2026: Stephen Zunes told IPS this is not about cost-cutting or fiscal responsibility. “Like cutbacks to important U.S. government agencies and domestic programs, the Trump administration appears determined to dismantle the system…
UK-based Arab Organization for Human Rights panel, April 4, 2026:How the Iran War is used as cover for record high Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank.
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 5, 2026
The Progressive, April 3, 2026: U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance…
Redneck Gone Green/David Cobb, March 16, 2026 [1 hour]: Iran, current US foreign policy, and criminalization of dissent.