Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
On the U.S. decision to violate its 1947 agreement with the United Nations to allow foreign leaders to address the world body; and on Iran’s threat to establish a broader restricted zone, further threatening international shipping.
* 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…
Al Jazeera English, Sep. 2026: https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/ahns18lWQ4 https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/Kr35z52fgx https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/2rbWx1qU2B https://www.instagram.com/reel/DduJ-9QjeXw/
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…
Source Links to these are no longer available. Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: with Dr. Setareh Sadeqi, on Trump’s threats Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: Trump said he’ll declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory Al Jazeera, August 15,…
Berliner Zeitung, August 8, 2026, by Stephen Zunes:“I am not claiming that Israel orchestrated this or knew about it.”It refutes the false claims that a prominent German journalist is an antisemite for having forwarded an article of mine. And ask…
The Majority Report, August 6, 2026 (Zunes begins at 20:40): w/ Stephen Zunes, Murtaza Hussain | MR Live
Truthout August 7, 2026, by Stephen Zunes: This is a disingenuous bipartisan effort to discredit the ICC and international humanitarian law as a whole. [Transcript & 15-min. audio podcast]
Middle East Eye podcast, August 6, 2026 (Zunes begins at 30-mins.)
The Nation, August 3, 2026: What was behind the border crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Did the Israeli and US hostility toward Spain embolden Morocco to think it could get away with creating a border control crisis?
Al Jazeera English, August 4, 2026: On the Ceuta border crisis and EU
BBC, August 3, 2026 (5 mins.)
Firstpost America | N18G, August 1, 2026 (8 Mins.)
Al-Jazeera English, July 31, 2026 (9 mins.) with Rami Khouri:About the new Gaza peace plan.
Global Continuity (GCF) July 25 2026, 45-mins. A good primer on Western Sahara.
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…
Institute for Public Accuracy News Release, July 20, 2026, quotes Zunes: “In accepting generous subsidies from the Moroccan regime, the film’s producers have provided legitimacy to the illegal occupation. It would be the equivalent of filming in Israeli or Russian-occupied…
Perspectives in Politics, June 26, 2026: of George Washington University Professor Marc Lynch’s excellent new book on U.S. Middle East Policy
* June 14, 2026, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco on “U.S. Policy towards Israel/Palestine: How We Can Change It” * May 23, 2026, “Universities’ Acquiescence to Trump Administration Policies and Implications for Academic Freedom,” for the Peace…