Book Review–America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region
Perspectives in Politics, June 26, 2026: of George Washington University Professor Marc Lynch’s excellent new book on U.S. Middle East Policy
Category: International Law
4 Talks: Iran, Israel, Palestine
* 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…
Changing Course: US Policy on Israel & Palestine with Dr. Stephen Zunes
Unitarian Universalist Church Center, San Francisco, June 14 (90 min.)
Interview: Washington funds worsening repression and political prisoners in Egypt
Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK, May 23, 2026 full seminar, 55 min. Repression in Egypt is not happening in isolation, but is sustained through Washington’s continuous political and military support. Successive U.S. administrations have shielded the Egyptian government…
Has Senator Cruz been Misinformed About Western Sahara or What?
Counterpunch, April 27, 2026: by Bill Fletcher Jr. – Stephen Zunes.Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), along with Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rick Scott R-FL), have introduced a bill targeting what they call the “Iranian Regime’s Polisario Front,” designating that popular North African…
Conversations on Iran & Israel negotiations with Robert Malley and Daniel Zougbhie
Panel Zunes hosted April 20. 2026 [1:16] with Robert Malley, a key figure in recent Democratic administrations in negotiations with Iran and with Israel & Palestine, and Daniel Zoughbie of the Institute of International Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.…
BBC Interview: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks
BBC April 21, 2026: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks.
How to Start A Revolution: Studying Nonviolence with Dr. Stephen Zunes
The 2026 edition of Globus magazine, a student publication on global affairs at the University of San Francisco, features Zunes, who “In between teaching graduate courses, is often found at his desk [dwarfed by] a time capsule of his publications…
CNA Interview: US plans Hormuz blockade after Iran talks fail
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…
Even Israel’s strongest allies can no longer justify what’s happening
UK-based Arab Organization for Human Rights panel, April 4, 2026:How the Iran War is used as cover for record high Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank.
US Cannot ‘Win’ a War on Iran
The Progressive, April 3, 2026: U.S. and Israeli forces have targeted schools, hospitals, city parks, and cultural sites along with military and governmental facilities. This will likely lead to only greater resistance…
Interview: Trump says US will ‘finish the job’ in Iran
KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco/West Coast Wrap, April 2, 2026 [2:00-6:40]
Zunes’s key articles on Iran 2011-2025
Two articles and an interview during the summer 2025 bombing of Iran:It’s Not About the BombMissed Opportunity on IranUpdates on the Iran-Israel War: Conversations with Leading Analysts Debunking Trump’s claim that Iranians were responsible for the deaths of thousands of…
Western Sahara: The Autonomy Proposal vs. International Legal Obligations
Global Monitoring Center, March 5, 2026: Zunes is first of three panelists at this forum critically examining Morocco’s so-called “autonomy” proposal for the nation of Western Sahara, which it invaded, occupied, and illegally annexed in 1975. The US and several…
Why is Trump going to war with Iran?
48 Hills, San Francisco, March 1, 2026:Trump had no logical reason to start this war: A mediator from Oman just the day before the bombing started said the two countries were making good progress on a nuclear deal. The message…
Interview: Anger, Accountability, and the Law: Capitalism, Courts, and Gaza
KPFW Jan. 30, 2026 (starts at 1:05:45): Anger, Accountability, and the Law: Capitalism, Courts, and Gaza
Interview: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace.’ What awaits Gaza?
Wyoming Star, Jan. 29, 2026, quotes Zunes: “The United Nations was willing to initially give support to the formation of the Board of Peace when it was seen as the best way to maintain the shaky ceasefire in Gaza, but…