Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, where he coordinates the Middle Eastern Studies program, and co-chairs the academic advisory committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
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Published in: civilResistancePowerful nonviolent resistance to armed conflict in YemenAs with the initial uprising against the Saleh regime four years ago, an unarmed civil society movement rises up to...
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Published in: civilResistanceHow to discredit your democratic opponents in EgyptThe Egyptian military regime is pushing conspiracy theories to discredit their democratic, non-violent opponents....
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Published in: HomeMandela’s utilitarianism and the struggle for liberation“Mandela was a great leader because he recognized that the movement had become a civil insurrection, a largely...
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Published in: civilResistanceRuthless regimes not impervious to civil resistance: A reply to Maged MandourThere is little systematic evidence to suggest that “ruthlessness” is, in and of itself, a critical variable.
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Published in: civilResistanceThe Maldives: a serial coup in progress?Should Britain, the United States and others who claim to be concerned, stand by and allow reactionary forces to...
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Published in: HomeOn Syria, most thoughtful people are tornForeign military intervention would prolong the war and increase the carnage still further. But this does not mean...