Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
* A primer on Yemen with history explaining how U.S. policy helped create this mess (20 mins. starts at the 35:40 with Kris Welch) * Israeli and U.S. denial of Israeli violations of the Genocide Treaty * U.S. rejection of…
Iran War Update, September 4, 2026 (15 mins. starting at 1:24)Changing U.S. policy towards Israel/Palestine, August 28 (15 mins. starting at 1:25)Harsher U.S. sanctions on Iran & increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank, August 25 (4-mins.)
Dr. Rod Berger Show, Sep. 4, 2026, 43 mins. Wide-ranging interview which not only covers a number of contemporary issues, but includes a bit about Zunes’s background and how he ended up doing my work on the Middle East, nonviolent…
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, Aug. 28, 2026 (15-min, starting at 1:25:10)
BYLINE TIMES PODCAST, UK, August 4, 2026 (20 mins.)
KPFA, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, July 31, 2026 (Zunes begins at 35:35)
WORT Radio, Madison, July 31, 2026: (53 mins.)
KPFA-FM Sunday evening news, July 26 (3 mins.)
Channel News Asia/CNA,Singapore, July 22, 2026: Iran has shut the Strait of Hormuz and The Houthis have just declared a blockade of Bab al-Mandeb. Two of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints — squeezed at the same time. Saudi Arabia’s…
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, June 2, 2026, 14 min.: Israel and militant group Hezbollah have accepted a US proposal to pause hostilities. US President Donald Trump persuaded Israeli and Hezbollah leaders to de-escalate, after Iran threatened to end indirect…
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio with Kris Welch, April 17, 2026 (begins at 15:35)
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…
Redneck Gone Green/David Cobb, March 16, 2026 [1 hour]: Iran, current US foreign policy, and criminalization of dissent.
First guest on WBAI-FM, NYC “Equal Rights and Justice” March 26, 2026 [
WPFW, DC, Make it Plain with Mark Thompson, March 10, 2026 (55-min.)
Podcast (8-min.) & transcript Feb 07, 2026; By Daniel Falcone in Foreign Policy in Focus, January 28, 2026 Outside intervention will only undercut efforts by Iranians to transform their system. Zunes and historian Lawrence Davidson help unpack the protests and…
KPFW Jan. 30, 2026 (starts at 1:05:45): Anger, Accountability, and the Law: Capitalism, Courts, and Gaza