Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
* 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…
Below are links to various radio, television, and podcast interviews about the U.S., Iran, and related issues during May and June 2026: * A 28-minutes with David Swanson’s Talk World Radio * A 20-minutes with Kris Welch on KPFA-FM,…
Common Dreams, June 24, 2026; reposted from The Progressive[Audio and transcript] Too many congressional Democrats are demonstrating their own hypocrisy in claiming that they oppose the war while actively undermining efforts to end it.
Inter Press Service [UN] June 18, 2026Zunes is quoted in this analysis on the influence Trump will have on the choosing of the next UN Secretary General. He told IPS under both Democratic and Republican administrations, the United States has…
Unitarian Universalist Church Center, San Francisco, June 14 (90 min.)
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, June 11, 2026, 7 min.: Zunes explains renewed US strikes on Iran are more likely to escalate the conflict than advance negotiations, raising risks for regional stability and global markets.
May 13: KTVU: Trump asks Xi for Iran War help, meeting in China May 25: KTVU: Trump claims Iran deal moving forward? May 28: KTVU: Tentative deal to extend Iran ceasefire June 1: KTVU: Iran talks suspended, Israel continues ceasefire…
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, June 2, 2026, 14 min.: Israel and militant group Hezbollah have accepted a US proposal to pause hostilities. US President Donald Trump persuaded Israeli and Hezbollah leaders to de-escalate, after Iran threatened to end indirect…
KTVU Fox 2, Bay Area TV affiliate, May 20, 2026
Truthout May 5, 2026: The same kind of US hubris that led to the tragic wars in Vietnam and Iraq is manifesting itself with Iran today. U.S. efforts to force an end to the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz…
KTVU, Bay Area Fox 2, May 5, 2026, 5 min.
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…