Category: Peace and War
Missed Opportunity on Iran
The Progressive June 19, 2025 and June 21 at PeaceandJustice.org & SmirkingChimp.com asTrump (and Biden) Could Have Forestalled War With Iran If They Wanted.How the war on Iran isn’t really about containing Iran’s nuclear program, since staying in the 2015…
US Policy Toward Israel/Palestine Under Trump
Americans for Middle East Understanding, April 27, 2025The Trump administration will certainly take a more hardline policy in support of Israel’s right-wing leadership and in opposition to Palestinian rights. Given President Biden’s strident support for Netanyahu’s wars on Palestinian and…
Interviews: The Israel-Iran War, June 2025
*Al Jazeera English, June 19, 2025 *For a Bay Area TV network affiliate, KTVU, June 13, 2025*A 50-minute interview for a British podcast*A ten-minute interview for a radio show/podcast in upstate New York*For a national Indian news show, June 13…
Video: Reflections on Authoritarianism and Resistance
VIDEO of Stephen Zunes and Rebecca Solnit in conversation at the University of San Francisco April 22, 2025 [1:12] on a variety of topics related to growing authoritarianism in the United States and the resistance.
Video: U.S. veto of UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution
Al Jazeera June 20, 2025: One of three panelists in this half-hour television news show analyzing the U.S. veto of an otherwise-unanimous UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of the hostages
Interview: Trump’s May Middle East trip
CNA/Channel News Asia television in Singapore (Mediacorp)7-min. Video: Restoring US-Syria ties may depend on battling terrorism and ensuring Israel’s security.
Interviews for KPFA Radio on Middle East
* 20-minute interview with Kris Welch on recent Middle East developments [May 30, segment starts 1:06:45]* Two on recent developments in Israel’s war on Gaza, U.S. policy, repression of student activists, related issues: June 8 begins at 10:20 and May…
France to Break Away from UK and US While Recognizing Palestine as a Nation State
Inter Press Service, UN April 18, 2025, Quoted by Thalif Deen [source] “Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, who has written extensively on the politics of the UN, told…
Interview: Civil resistance, pro-democracy struggles and Middle Eastern politics
Episode 45 – West Asia on a Powder Keg: Lessons from the Arab Spring With Professor Stephen Zunes. British podcast on civil resistance pro-democracy struggles, contemporary Middle Eastern politics, and other issues (1 hour)
Interview: Trump’s Student Crackdowns
KQSD-FM March 2025 (30 mins.) on the crackdown on antiwar student activists and related issues
Interview: Gaza, resumption of war and implications
KPFA-FM news March 23, 2025 (segment starts at the 10:30)
Interview: Ukraine, Palestine, and other issues
Ukraine, Palestine, and other developments March 2025 (segment starts at 31:30) for a community radio station in northern California
Interview: Trump’s policies on Israel/Palestine and power grab
Community of Chaos, New Zealand radio, March 18, 2025Hosted by an American expat, podcast in which Zunes discusses Trump policies ranging from Israel/Palestine to his dangerous domestic power grab
Interview: US Middle East Policy Developments
KPFA-FM News March 9, 2025: Interview on recent developments (begins 2:30-6:30)
The US Palestinian Rights Movement
Discussion with Dr. James Zogby of the Arab-American Institute, where we examined the trajectory of the pro-Palestinian movement over the past 50 years, including his history as an advocate for Palestinian rights from grassroots campaigns in the 1970s to his…
Interview: Ceasefire: Israel violates agreement, Democrats remain complacent
KPFA-FM February 14, 2025 with Kris Welch (17 mins. starting at 15:30)
By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies
Interview BBC: Israel violates, threatens to end Gaza ceasefire
BBC television news February 15, 2025 (4 min.)
Interview: Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Fox-KTVU Television, San Francisco Bay, February 13, 2025 (7 mins)