Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
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]
KPFA-FM Evening News, Pacifica Radio Network, Dec. 14, 2025 Zunes’s segment begins just after the 12:30 mark.
Al Jazeera, Dec. 1, 2025 (5 mins., English): On the situation in Gaza and the West Bank and the responsibilities of the United States and the international community.
BBC Television, September 6, 2025, (4 mins.). Zunes’s analysis of latest developments in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.
Zunes’s letter to the editor in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sept. 4, 2025 Hamas’ control of Gaza brought on by US policy Many thanks to Tim McGirk (Guest Commentary, Aug. 21) for his open letter to Rep. Jimmy Panetta, who…
Wyoming Star, August 13, 2025, ByJoe Yans, quoting Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes: … This is not a religious conflict, first and foremost, and that hasn’t stopped extremists, both Jewish and Muslim, from trying to turn it into one. Not to…
The Progressive March 6, 2025 (Please share widely)[source] While concurring that the outrage over Trump’s support for Putin is quite appropriate, Zunes notes how administrations of both parties have supported invasions and occupations when the aggressor has been an ally,…
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies
Al-Jazeera English “Inside Story” February 4, 2025: One of three experts, Zunes’s segment begins at 9 mins. of 27.
Israeli Committee Against House Demolition UK Webinar ‘The Palestinian Struggle in the Age of Trump,’ 23 Jan 2025[Zunes’s segment starts at 28 minutes; video source] Professors Stephen Zunes and Leila Farsakh were distinguished guests, moderated by Jeff Halper. Leila Farsakh…
The Progressive January 2, 2025: The late President Jimmy Carter… was met with intense criticism for insisting that standards of peace, human rights, and international law should apply not just to countries hostile to U.S. interests, but to U.S. allies…
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]
Truthout May 5, 2024: This phrase was never about killing Jews. It emerged in the 1960s as a call for equal rights within a democratic state. The wave of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping American campuses was triggered by Columbia University President…
Project on Middle East Political Science April 2024. [source]
Israel’s True Motivations – A talk with Professor Stephen Zunes April 18, 2024, on WMNF-FM in Tampa
Truthout April 17, 2024: Recent initiatives by the Palestinian government to revive their application for UN membership are testing the U.S. claim it supports a “two-state solution” [source]
Parallaxviews podcast, Feb. 8, 2022. Zunes analysis of the recent Amnesty International report (begins at 1:29:00; also at Amnesty.org) arguing Israel is in engaging in the practice of apartheid against Palestinians, especially in the Occupied Territories. Dr. Zunes will also…
KPFK
On Letters & Politics, Philip Maldari of KPFA speaks with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Stephen Zunes professor at Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Lybia. Also Mitch Jeserich interviews Laurence Shoup author of Rulers & Rebels, A People’s History of Early California, 1769-1901.