George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz (www.freakradio.org; 101.1 fm.) interviews Professor Stephen Zunes about the Bush inauguration speech. Her program is called "Peace Talks" and airs Sundays from 3 to 6 pm.
Stephen Zunes received his B.A. from Oberlin College, his M.A. from Temple University, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Dr. Zunes serves as Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project and was their senior policy analyst during his 2001-2002 sabbatical year. He also serves an associate editor of Peace Review and as a research associate at the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California--Santa Cruz.
Zunes has presented numerous lectures and conference papers in the United States and over a dozen foreign countries. He is active in several professional organizations, including the governing council of the International Peace Research Association. He has traveled frequently to the Middle East and other conflict regions and has served as a political analyst for National Public Radio and Pacifica Radio, the British Broadcasting Corporation and MSNBC, and has appeared as well on numerous television and radio talk shows. He has published scores of articles in academic journals, anthologies, magazines, and newspaper op-ed pages on topics such as U.S. foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, Latin American politics, social movements and nonviolent action.
Stephen Zunes is also the author of two books. His most recent book is "Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism".