Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
Middle East Overview
At Resource Center for Nonviolence, May 8, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz: Film screening of “Plate It With Silver,” and discussion led by Stephen Zunes (USF) and Nidhi Mahajan (UCSC), on the current war and histories of trade across the…
Fair Observer, April 24, 2026 (32 min.) with 20-second soundbite: “The origins of Hezbollah was the direct result of the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon in 1982. And here’s the irony, they’re saying, ‘We have to occupy southern Lebanon to…
Firstpost America, April 28, 2026 (from 5:00-9:00)
Fair Observer Talks April 24, 2026, 46 min. [Also
Wyoming Star, April 24, 2026: Zunes offered a bleak long‑view: “It’s hard to see an end to the conflict any time soon. Hopefully, both sides now recognize they cannot achieve their aims through full-scale war, but the positions of the…
DemocracyNow.org April 23, 2026 (14 min.)
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 April 21, 2026: Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks.
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio with Kris Welch, April 17, 2026 (begins at 15:35)
Truthout, April 17, 2026: Democrats share responsibility with the GOP for creating the climate that made such a war possible. Unlike the invasion of Iraq, which received the support of a sizable minority of congressional Democrats, Donald Trump’s war on…
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…
KTVU Fox 2, Bay Area, April 16, 2026 (6 min.): As US-Iran double blockade of strait continues.
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…
The Progressive April 10, 2026: Whether, or not the ceasefire ends up failing, the erratic President has put the region and world in grave danger… [Audio transcripts; podcast]
Zunes quoted in Wyoming Star, April 10, 2026, by Joe Yans: “Despite US and Israeli claims to the contrary, Pakistani mediators and others have confirmed that the agreement for a two-week halt to the fighting and the reopening of the…
Fairpost America, Indian television network, April 7, 2026 [10 mins., Zunes segment begins at 6:30]
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 8, 2026 [6 mins.]
Fair Observer, April 7, 2026 [45 mins.]
KTVU Bay Area Fox 2, April 7, 2026 [8 mins.]