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…
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…
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]
KTVU Television, August 18, 2025, a Bay Area network affiliate, immediately following the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska a week and a half ago. Zunes’s segment starts at the 1:30 mark.
KPFA-FM February 14, 2025 with Kris Welch (17 mins. starting at 15:30)
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies
BBC television news February 15, 2025 (4 min.)
KTVU Television [Fox affiliate], San Francisco Bay, February 10, 2025 (5 mins)
Al-Jazeera English February 5, 2025 (5 mins.): Following Trump’s press conference with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu [Source link is no longer available]
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Guest Commentary, January 2025: Addresses a bill to punish those associated with the International Criminal Court for investigating war criminals allied with the United States, for which all 205 Republicans and 42 Democrats voted in favor, including…
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]
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…
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…
Truthout July 2, 2024: By Daniel Falcone, with Stephen Zunes and Lawrence Davidson. Also summarized by HeadTopics.com. For the past eight months, Hezbollah has attacked the northern portion of Israel in an attempt to pull the Israeli army out from…
Twelve more interviews on KPFA Evening News aired Sundays on KPFA-FM and Pacifica Radio Network affiliated stations October 7, 2023 through July 2024
Truthout May 26, 2024: Biden’s administration is violating US law by continuing to send military aid to Israel despite Gaza war crimes [and] growing popular opposition…
Truthout May 22, 2024: This marks the first time in US history a sitting president has openly sided with suspected war criminals…
On Al Jazeera television broadcast panel with a prominent Israeli journalist and British international lawyer about possible indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders [source]
U.S. Attacks on the ICJ Are a Declaration of Empire Common Dreams Feb. 1, 2024Biden’s Backing of Israel War Crimes Carries on a Sordid U.S. Tradition Truthout Oct. 30, 2023