Video: Zunes’ Research on Coup Resistance admin, December 12, 2024January 21, 2025 Dr. Zunes’ 5-minute animated summary of his research on coup resistance. Continue Reading
Interview for Singapore Radio on Assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Singapore Radio CNA Daily Cuts October 21, 2024: Despite Hamas leader Sinwar’s death, Mideast peace may still be elusive Continue Reading
Video: A Year of Student Protest, Part 1: Goals & Achievements admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Zunes is one two faculty members interviewed in this Continue Reading
Interview for Oberlin College, Zunes’ Alma Mater, on Israel, Palestine, Mideast admin, December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Oberlin College Nov. 1, 2024: Written transcript for the student newspaper after giving a series of talks October 2024 [source] Continue Reading
Dr. Zunes’ Speech from the Aug. 24 Panetta Protest admin, December 11, 2024December 12, 2024 Serf City Times included this transcript of Dr. Zunes’ speech at a rally in Santa Cruz protesting U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s strident support for Israel’s far right government, placing him further right than even the Biden administration — and the failure of the Santa Cruz city government and other Democratic… Continue Reading
UN Arms Embargo on Israel: Dead on Arrival admin, December 11, 2024December 12, 2024 This Inter Press Service article quotes Dr. Stephen Zunes, Nov. 8 2024 by Thalif Deen. “This initiative reflects the view of the vast majority of the world’s governments and peoples and is consistent with imperatives of international humanitarian law, but given the major arms supplier of Israel is a veto-wielding… Continue Reading
Reaction to ICC Indictment Reveals US Bipartisan Contempt for International Law admin, December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 The Progressive, December 5, 2024 by Stephen Zunes:Examines Washington’s hysterical and dishonest reaction to the International Criminal Court’s indictments of two Israeli leaders for war crimes [Source] Continue Reading
3 Interviews on the ICC indictments of 2 Israeli Leaders & US Response admin, December 8, 2024December 10, 2024 An eight-minute interview for the main Singapore television news on the impact of the indictments Al-Jazeera English half hour conversation with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese and Israeli scholar Ori Goldberg on the ramifications of the ICC’s indictments (and a Daily Telegraph “Quotable” one-minute… Continue Reading
Lectures & 11 Interviews Nov. 2024 on Trump’s Election & the Middle East admin, December 7, 2024December 12, 2024 First view Dr. Zunes’ 5-minute animated summary of his research on coup resistance; then his Lecture at the University of San Francisco on how to prepare for the aftermath of the election in the event of an attempted coup or legitimate victory by Trump. Lecture before the Unitarian Universalists of… Continue Reading
Will Biden Cost Harris the Election? admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 News Lines Magazine October 8, 2024[Dr. Zunes urges readers to please circulate this important article widely, particularly to those in swing states who are reluctant to vote for Harris because of the Biden administration’s Middle East policy.] A detailed analysis of how Kamala Harris is seriously constrained by her role… Continue Reading
Lecture: Antisemitism in the Pro-Palestinian Movement: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why it Matters admin, October 13, 2024October 14, 2024 Lecture at University of San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2024, that critically examines charges of antisemitism in the U.S. pro-Palestinian movement. Continue Reading
Gaza War Prompts Attacks on Academic Freedom admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Americans for Middle East Understanding, Sept. 28, 2024:During the wave of campus protests opposing the US-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren’t the only demonstrators to face arrest; supportive faculty members were also caught up in the crackdown… “We are witnessing a new era of McCarthyism… Continue Reading
UN: Charter Reform & Threat If Trump’s Elected admin, October 13, 2024October 13, 2024 Two articles quoting Dr. Zunes:* On the threat to the United Nations system if Trump is elected.Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and Director of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the United Nations, told IPS: “Yes, this would indeed be… Continue Reading
Video: Oxford Union Debate Against Military Intervention to Promote Democracy admin, October 9, 2024January 13, 2025 This House Would Fight for Democracy, Liberty & the Rule of Law Abroad, April 8, 2023 [11 mins., Prof. Stephen Zunes’ impassioned argument against John Bolton.] Continue Reading
Israel’s Orwellian Strategy in Lebanon admin, October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 The Progressive October 2, 2024 … the Biden Administration is largely backing Israel’s Orwellian strategy in Lebanon: “escalate to de-escalate.” The upsurge in violence followed the controlled explosions detonated by Israel of pagers and walkie-talkies… killed dozens of people—including children and health care workers — and wounded thousands… only a… Continue Reading
Democratic Platform Defies International Law on the Middle East admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Truthout August 29, 2024Despite indications Harris will have a better foreign policy than Biden, the Democratic Party’s platform’s segment on the Middle East — written primarily by Biden’s team — is very disappointing… Continue Reading
Interview: Trump Was Never a “Moderate” on Foreign Policy admin, August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 Truthout August 21, 2024, by Daniel FalconeFormer President Donald Trump is sometimes depicted as having a less interventionist foreign policy than his Democratic rivals, but this is a myth, argues foreign policy scholar Stephen Zunes. The former president had an extreme militaristic agenda, which he disingenuously pitched as an alternative… Continue Reading
Interview: U.S. Policy and the Gaza war and its impact on American politics admin, August 31, 2024December 8, 2024 Community or Chaos with Marvin Hubbard, August 25, 2024A 50-minute interview for a New Zealand radio station. Continue Reading