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Stephen Zunes is an American international relations scholar specializing in Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, and strategic nonviolent action.… more

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This references CBS News report of the burning by U.S. troops of Cam Ne village during the Vietnam War, which angered the administration but the network insisted on running it anyway. If the new CBS news director Bari Weiss was in charge back then, the coverage would look more like this:
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My interview this morning on BBC News about problems with the shaky ceasefire agreement:
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I've long said that Californian drivers are to rain what my native North Carolina drivers are to snow. They just don't know how to handle it.
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My thoughts on the ceasefire, the hostage release, and what is to come on the BBC this morning.
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Stephen Zunes on BBC News 12 Oct 2025
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The Trump administration is punishing Cornell's Medical School in New York City by withholding grants because the university administration didn't suppress antiwar protesters on their Ithaca campus even more harshly. Children will die as a result. www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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by Stephen Zunes

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This 2016 review of at Hitler biography in the New York Times is more than it seems. Please take the time to read it. The parallels are so striking and really scary.
www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/b...
In ‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue (Published 2016)
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I am one of three scholars quoted in this article on the ceasefire: wyomingstarnews.org/2025/10/10/e...
EXCLUSIVE: A Fragile Pause. Inside Trump’s Gaza Ceasefire — What it Could Mean for Palestinians. | Wyoming Star
After two years of genocide, Gaza has a ceasefire and a roadmap. The White House says it’s the first phase of a sprawling "20-step" framework brokered ... read at Wyoming Star. Stay informed with expe...
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I'd have no objection if the Nobel Peace Prize went to a number of the courageous Venezuelan pro-democracy/human rights activists struggling against the Maduro regime. However, the rightwing María Corina Machado--whose commitment to democracy and social justice is dubious--was a very poor choice.
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by Stephen Zunes

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Stumbled across a ten-minute clip of a speech I gave in Portland, Oregon 23 years ago just prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Still contains some important lessons,
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Stephen Zunes - The United States, the Peace Movement, and Conflict in the Middle East.
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by Stephen Zunes

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Here's a link to ten-minute interview I did this morning for Singapore's major news network on the ceasefire agreement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Ci...
Will Israel uphold ceasefire after Hamas releases hostages?
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by Stephen Zunes

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My latest article points out how neither U.S. political party actually supports a two-state solution, instead essentially endorsing Israeli control over all of historic Palestine.
Please consider circulating.
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The International Community is Pushing for Palestinian Statehood—But the U.S. Won’t Have It
Amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the United States has retaliated against countries that recognize Palestine.
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by Stephen Zunes

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My take on the ceasefire announcement:

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💡 EPISODE 220! 💡

In today’s episode, we discuss the piece “Democratic Leadership Still Hasn’t Caught Up to the Party’s Base on Gaza” by @szunes.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com.
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The names of the 18,457 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip killed in U.S.-backed Israeli attacks over the past two years:
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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