Stephen Zunes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5443063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Zunes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Zunes |
| SIGNATURE | ZUNES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5458-2152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 61 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 61 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The lies continue
In light of the disastrous consequences of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the majority of Americans – along with prominent political leaders, journalists and others – acknowledge that was the wrong policy choice. Few, however, are willing to acknowledge it was also illegal. And a number of prominent supporters of the invasion have attempted to rewrite history to cover up for their culpability, particularly prominent Democratic senators who subsequ…
Western Sahara
People-Powered and Non-Violent Social Movements
Not all successful unarmed civil insurrections against dictatorships take place in a dramatic mass uprising with hundreds of thousands occupying central squares in the capital city. There have also been cases of nonviolent struggles against autocratic regimes that failed to topple the dictatorship in a revolutionary wave, but did succeed in forcing a series of legal, constitutional and institutional reforms over a period of several years that eve…
The Promise and Pitfalls of the Growing U.S. Pro-Palestinian Movement
The Role of Civil Resistance in Bolivia’s 1977-1982 Pro-Democracy Struggle
Despite being the poorest and least developed country in South America, Bolivia was the first to emerge from the period of military dictatorships that dominated the continent from the mid-1960s into the 1980s. This article examines the role of civil resistance in that country’s seemingly improbable early end to military rule, noting how a broad coalition of unions, intellectuals, the Catholic Church, and opposition parties succeeded in bringing d…
Viking Economics
Viking Economics: how the Scandinavians got it right – and how we can, too." Journal of Peace Education, 15(1), pp. 119–120
Europe's Refugee Crisis, Terrorism, and Islamophobia
Spending part of my sabbatical during this past academic year in Europe, I saw firsthand the impact of the refugee crisis, the largest human migration witnessed on the continent since 1945. Normall
Nonviolent Civil Resistance in Islamic Countries before the Arab Spring
U.S.–Georgian Relations and the 2008 Conflict with Russia
Interest in examining the circumstances behind Russia's 2008 attack on Georgia has grown in light of recent developments in Ukraine. Many observers point to it as an early indication of the willing
Western Sahara, resources, and international accountability
The illegality of facilitating the exploitation of natural resources by an occupying power in non-self-governing territories is well-established in international law, yet – as in such cases as Namibia and East Timor – the legal principles are often overlooked by foreign corporations and their governments. The resource-rich territory of Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation since 1975, is no exception, as European, North American, and Australi…
Nonviolent Action and Anti-Imperialist Struggles
Imperialism is, by its nature, violent. Imperialism comes through the guns, ships, planes, missiles, drones, and foreign troops of imperialist powers, as well as local collaborators. Challenging im
Lessons and False Lessons From Libya
The 2011 overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi was very good news, particularly for the people of Libya. It is critically important, however, that the world not learn the wrong lessons from
Bahrain's Arrested Revolution
This article provides an overview and analysis of the 2011 pro-democracy struggle in Bahrain, focusing in particular on the role of strategic nonviolent action and the foreign policy of the United States. It argues that Bahrain's progressive and pluralistic tradition would have made the possibilities of a democratic transition more promising than in many Arab states, but the ruthlessness and uncompromising posture of the government, combined with…
Nonviolent Revolution in the Middle East
The largely nonviolent pro-democracy insurrections that have swept the Arab world in recent months have succeeded in toppling dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, and (as of this writing) possibly Yemen. W
Western Sahara
C ongress's W ar on L ebanon
T he G aza W ar , C ongress and I nternational H umanitarian L aw
The Nonviolent Struggle for Self-determination in Western Sahara
In 1975 the kingdom of Morocco conquered Western Sahara on the eve of that territory's anticipated independence from Spain. In doing so, it acted in defiance of a series of UN Security Council resolutions and a landmark 1975 decision by the International Court of Justice asserting the right of Western Sahara's inhabitants to self-determination. With threats of a French and U.S. veto at the United Nations preventing decisive action by the internat…
The US Invasion of Iraq
The US invasion of Iraq essentially represents the military side of the US model of globalization. With its oil wealth and sizable educated population, Iraq could not be controlled through international financial institutions as easily as poorer or smaller countries in the developing world, so cruder forms of domination were required. The imposition of neoliberal economic policies by the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority during the early pha…
Peace or Pax Americana? US Middle East policy and the threat to global security
The Attack on Dissident Intellectuals
As a specialist on U.S. Middle East policy, my public profile as a writer, speaker, and analyst has dramatically increased in the years since the 9/11 tragedy. I have long believed that, in the wor
The Influence of the Christian Right in U.S. Middle East Policy
I mplications of the U.S. R eaction to the W orld C ourt R uling against I srael's “S eparation B arrier ”
Dr. Zunes is a professor of politics and chair of the peace and justice studies program at the University of San Francisco. He serves as Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project ( http://www.fpif.org ) and is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003)
U.S. Policy Towards Syria and the Triumph of Neoconservativism
International law, the UN and Middle Eastern conflicts
Additional informationNotes on contributorsStephen Zunes Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. He is Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project (⟨www.fpif.org⟩), an associate editor of Peace Review and the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003). Correspondence: University of San Fran…
Unarmed insurrections against authoritarian governments in the Third World
(1994). Unarmed insurrections against authoritarian governments in the Third World: A new kind of revolution. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 403-426
The role of non-violent action in the downfall of apartheid
Against enormous odds, non-violent action proved to be a major factor in the downfall of apartheid in South Africa, and the establishment of a democratic black majority government, despite predictions that the transition could come only through a violent revolutionary cataclysm. This was largely the result of conditions working against a successful armed overthrow of the system, combined with the ability of the anti-apartheid opposition to take a…
Bahrain's Arrested Revolution
This article provides an overview and analysis of the 2011 pro-democracy struggle in Bahrain, focusing in particular on the role of strategic nonviolent action and the foreign policy of the United States. It argues that Bahrain's progressive and pluralistic tradition would have made the possibilities of a democratic transition more promising than in many Arab states, but the ruthlessness and uncompromising posture of the government, combined with…
Nonviolent Revolution in the Middle East
The largely nonviolent pro-democracy insurrections that have swept the Arab world in recent months have succeeded in toppling dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, and (as of this writing) possibly Yemen. W
Europe's Refugee Crisis, Terrorism, and Islamophobia
Spending part of my sabbatical during this past academic year in Europe, I saw firsthand the impact of the refugee crisis, the largest human migration witnessed on the continent since 1945. Normall
The United States and Bolivia
attempting to accomplish a real and profound revolution which has as its stated objective a material improvement in the standard of living of the country's proletarian groups and the incorporation into the social, economic, and political life of the country of the Indian masses which constitute 90% of the total population. Such a revolution cannot be accomplished without injuring, perhaps fatally, those economic and political sectors which previo…
Western Sahara, resources, and international accountability
The illegality of facilitating the exploitation of natural resources by an occupying power in non-self-governing territories is well-established in international law, yet – as in such cases as Namibia and East Timor – the legal principles are often overlooked by foreign corporations and their governments. The resource-rich territory of Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation since 1975, is no exception, as European, North American, and Australi…
The United States and the Breakdown of the Israeli‐Palestinian Peace Process
Nonviolent Action and Human Rights
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T he F unction of R ogue S tates I n U.S. M iddle E ast P olicy
The Influence of the Christian Right in U.S. Middle East Policy
People-Powered and Non-Violent Social Movements
Not all successful unarmed civil insurrections against dictatorships take place in a dramatic mass uprising with hundreds of thousands occupying central squares in the capital city. There have also been cases of nonviolent struggles against autocratic regimes that failed to topple the dictatorship in a revolutionary wave, but did succeed in forcing a series of legal, constitutional and institutional reforms over a period of several years that eve…
The Promise and Pitfalls of the Growing U.S. Pro-Palestinian Movement
T he G aza W ar , C ongress and I nternational H umanitarian L aw
International law, the UN and Middle Eastern conflicts
Additional informationNotes on contributorsStephen Zunes Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. He is Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project (⟨www.fpif.org⟩), an associate editor of Peace Review and the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press, 2003). Correspondence: University of San Fran…
The United States and the Western Sahara Peace Process
C onfrontation with I raq
The Strategic Functions Of U.S. Aid To Israel
Prophecy and Politics
Prophecy and Politics
Democratic trends in insurgent movements
Arab nationalism and the gulf war
Factors Shaping The Us-Israeli Alliance
(1992). Factors shaping the US‐Israeli alliance. New Political Science: Vol. 11, No. 1-2, pp. 91-116
The U.S.‐GCC Relationship
Israeli‐syrian Peace
U.S. Policy Towards Jerusalem
Zionism, anti‐Semitism, and imperialism
The creation of modern Israel was based in part on the premise that only by establishing a Jewish nation‐state would Jews be safe from the waves of oppression that had occurred in virtually every country in which they had lived, particularly in the West. Ironically, the relationship of Israel to its Western backers, particularly the United States, has actually perpetuated and exacerbated problems of anti‐Jewish attitudes by many in the United Sta…
Unarmed insurrections against authoritarian governments in the Third World
(1994). Unarmed insurrections against authoritarian governments in the Third World: A new kind of revolution. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 403-426
Disenchantment with the ‘New World Order’
Until 1991 the policy of the United States towards Syria was based on a perception of that country as a hard-line pro-Soviet state, intractable in its opposition to Israel, and an active sponsor of terrorism. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Syria's subsequent participation in Operation Desert Storm revealed, however, a coincidence of interests between the United States and Syria which portended a shift in their relationship. Syria's decision to …
Disenchantment with the 'New World Order
Meredith Reid Sarkees, Stephen Zunes, Disenchantment with the 'New World Order': Syria's Relations with the United States, International Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, After the Gulf War (Spring, 1994), pp. 355-377
The Israeli‐jordanian Agreement
The roots of radical Islam
The spread of radical Islamic movements throughout the Middle East and beyond has not only caused major political upheaval in the countries directly affected, but has placed political Islam on the forefront of concerns of Western nations, including the United States. Unfortunately this newfound attention has strengthened ugly stereotypes about Muslims already prevalent in the West. Even though the vast majority of the world's Muslims oppose terro…
Terrorism by another name
The noted linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky likes to quote the famous story told by St. Augustine about a notorious pirate who was brought to the emperor after his capture. When the emperor asked him why he engaged in such theft and pillage, the pirate replied that his actions were no different from the crimes committed by the empire; they merely went by another name. As Chomsky observes, the analogy perfectly describes U.S. policy towards …
Western Sahara
Essay| May 01 1996 Western Sahara: Peace Derailed Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes, an assistant professor in the department of politics at the University of San Francisco, is the author of a forth coming book on Western Sahara. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1996) 95 (601): 228–233. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1996.95.601.228 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables …
The Strategic Functions Of U.S. Aid To Israel
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New hope for Western Sahara
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Nato's rush to war in Yugoslavia
The United States‐led war against Yugoslavia continued for more than ten weeks despite the many ways it could have been avoided or ended sooner, and despite the opposition and uneasiness it generated even among its initial supporters. This essay outlines some of the reasons why the war was wrong from a moral, legal and utilitarian perspective
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