Interview: Pacifica Radio, Analysis of Obama’s Speech (audio)
KPFA
Dr. Stephen Zunes is joins Pacifica Radio Network in analyzing President Obama’s speech over potential strikes in Syria
Category: Foreign Policy
Left Voices Interview: Will Diplomatic Openings Avert a US Military Strike Against Syria? (audio)
Left Voices
Dr. Stephen Zunes talks about the possible negotiated settlement over Syria’s chemical weapons and efforts to prevent U.S. military intervention
The US Has No Credibility Dealing With Chemical Weapons
This is an updated and expanded version of the article “The US and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On,” originally posted in Foreign Policy in Focus on May 2, 2013.
Interview on KQED’s “Forum”: Congress Set to Vote on Syria Strikes (audio)
KQED
Dr. Stephen Zunes talks with a panel that includes, David Mark, editor-in-chief of Politix, an online community focusing on national politics, and former senior editor with Politico, Robert Danin, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, Steve Weber, professor of political science at UC Berkeley and author of books including “The End of Arrogance, America and the Global Competition of Ideas”, about the vote to strike Syria.
Eight Arguments Against Going to War With Syria
An opinion piece by Dr. Stephen Zunes highlighting 10 reasons why the U.S. should not attack Syria
US government hypocrisy undercuts demand for Snowden’s extradition
Dr. Stephen Zunes’ article in the National Catholic Reporter on the extradition of Edward Snowden
Interview: What should be the US’s next step in Syria? (89.3 KPCC, National Public Radio Los Angeles audio)
89.3 KPCC (NPR)
Dr. Stephen Zunes talks about Syria and how the situation should be handled
Interview: International News Net: World Report (audio)
INN World Report
Dr. Stephen Zune’s commentary on Egypt and other topics begins at the 36-minute mark
Interview: WNUR-FM (audio)
WNUR-FM Chicago
Dr. Stephen Zunes discusses the Bradley Manning verdict beginning at the 15:30 minute mark
Washington and the Egyptian Tragedy
The vast majority of Egyptians killed since the coup have been unarmed protesters struck down with American-made weapons by soldiers transported in American-made vehicles provided by the American taxpayer.
Interview: The Impact of Drone Strikes on Yemen (audio)
Uprising Radio August 12, 2013: Obama has escalated the U.S. unspoken war on the Gulf Arab state of Yemen with 9 drone bombing raids in 10 days killing about 3 dozens Yemenis… apparently in response to an Al Qaeda terrorist…
Crisis in Syria: What’s Happening Now and What Next? (audio)
United For Peace and Justice
Progressives Flock to Ed Markey’s Senate Campaign Despite Hawkish Record
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts is heavily favored to win the June 25 special election to fill the US Senate seat in Massachusetts vacated by John Kerry’s appointment as Secretary of State. Markey’s campaign has received widespread and enthusiastic backing from the progressive community, including endorsements from groups such as Peace Action and Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) which have previously tended to formally endorse only a selected number of candidates who have strong records on peace and human rights.
This nearly unprecedented level of support comes despite the fact that – even though he comes from one of the most liberal states in the country – Markey’s foreign policy record is well to the right of the majority of Democrats, both in Massachusetts and nationally.
US policy weakens Iran’s pro-democracy movement
[Santa Cruz Sentinel & Transnational.org, Also National Catholic Reporter,May 31, 2013, updated Sept. 11, 2018While there are contending factions vying for the country’s relatively weak presidency, the narrow ideological spectrum within which candidates are allowed to run offers little hope…
Despite Horrific Repression, the U.S. Should Stay Out of Syria
Dr. Stephen Zunes talks about why there is nothing the U.S. can do about the Syrian situation
Israel, Syria and the United States
An op-ed piece published on Truthout.org about Israel’s attack against Syria on May 6th, 2013
Syria: U.S. involvement could make things even worse
May 3, 2013: The source is no longer available. More Syria articles.
The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On
Foreign Policy In Focus/Institute for Policy Studies, May 2, 2013 [Republished by Alternet, Ander Niews Week (Netherlands), Common Dreams, Greanville Post, Huffington Post and the Middle East Institute]
Don’t Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby
Given the enormous tragedy of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the war’s tenth anniversary has inevitably raised the question of ?why?? As many of us predicted in the lead-up to the war, the official rationales for the U.S. invasion of Iraq?namely, that Iraq possessed ?weapons of mass destruction? and had operational ties to al-Qaeda?were false. And the corrupt, inept, and repressive sectarian government the United States helped establish in Baghdad has undermined any pretense that the war was about democracy.