Expert Analyst: International Politics, Middle East & Nonviolent Action
The Progressive Oct. 23, 2026: Pro-Israel hawks like North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper are a rapidly shrinking group within the Democratic Party, for example the sharp decline in Democratic Senate nominees supporting the Israeli government…
KPFA-FM, Pacifica radio with Kris Welch, on the spreading Middle East war Oct. 16, 2026, 20-min. (starts at the 38:55) Also Sept. 18 on Yemen, (Starts at the 35:40) and how U.S. policy helped create this mess.
The Nation October 14, 2026/November 2026 Issue, by Stephen Zunes She believes that human rights and international law are universal principles that must be enforced regardless of violator’s ideology, ethnicity, or geostrategic alignment. With international law and human rights under…
Channel News Asia (CNA) Singapore, October 13, 2026, 8 mins.The Houthis are aligned with Iran, but they are not simply carrying out Tehran’s orders, says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco. Speaking to CNA’s Asia…
New Zealand radio show and podcast, Community or Chaos, Oct. 11, 2026, 1 hour
KTVU San Francisco Bay area television station Oct. 7, 2026, 6 mins.
On the U.S. decision to violate its 1947 agreement with the United Nations to allow foreign leaders to address the world body; and on Iran’s threat to establish a broader restricted zone, further threatening international shipping.
* A primer on Yemen with history explaining how U.S. policy helped create this mess (20 mins. starts at the 35:40 with Kris Welch) * Israeli and U.S. denial of Israeli violations of the Genocide Treaty * U.S. rejection of…
Al Jazeera English, Sep. 2026: https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/ahns18lWQ4 https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/Kr35z52fgx https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/2rbWx1qU2B https://www.instagram.com/reel/DduJ-9QjeXw/
BBC, September 3, 2026: implications of the escalating fighting between the United States and Iran.
Truthout, September 3, 2026: Party leaders are ignoring the three-quarters of registered Democrats who oppose providing military aid to Israel. House Democratic leadership has picked two prominent hawks to join the House Foreign Affairs Committee while also promoting an even…
Iran War Update, September 4, 2026 (15 mins. starting at 1:24)Changing U.S. policy towards Israel/Palestine, August 28 (15 mins. starting at 1:25)Harsher U.S. sanctions on Iran & increasing settler violence in the occupied West Bank, August 25 (4-mins.)
Dr. Rod Berger Show, Sep. 4, 2026, 43 mins. Wide-ranging interview which not only covers a number of contemporary issues, but includes a bit about Zunes’s background and how he ended up doing my work on the Middle East, nonviolent…
Inter Press Service, Sept. 1, 2026, By Thalif Deen, Quotes Zunes, who said the makeup of the Security Council, having the headquarters of the United Nations located in the United States, is an outdated relic of World War II. For…
Zunes is quoted at length on Iran War developments in the Wyoming Star News, Aug. 28, 2026.
KPFA-FM, Pacifica Radio, Bay Area, Aug. 28, 2026 (15-min, starting at 1:25:10)
Source Links to these are no longer available. Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: with Dr. Setareh Sadeqi, on Trump’s threats Al Jazeera, August 15, 2026: Trump said he’ll declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory Al Jazeera, August 15,…
CNA/Channel News Asia, Singapore television, August 10, 2026: Zunes’s analysis on Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump-backed “peace plan” for Gaza on a Singapore news program this morning.