West Asia
The Iraq Syndrome
One of the oddest parties I have ever attended was held at 'Ground Zero', the courtyard in the heart of the Pentagon so named because it was a key target for the Soviet nuclear…
Saddam a tyrant, but war was wrong
Tom Switzer is a Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, and editor of Spectator Australia.
One can greatly admire Major General Molan, as…
India links: Indo-Pacific, Indian feminism, broadband, development, federalism and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
National Security…
Reader riposte: 60 Minutes in Baghdad
Andrew Farran writes:
The anecdotal observations by Major Gen (Retd) Jim Molan in his piece 60 Minutes goes to Baghdad cannot sugarcoat what by any reckoning was a disastrous,…
Reader ripostes: Iraq, 10 years on
Two reader responses to Sam Roggeveen's call for retrospectives on the Iraq war. Below, Daniel Woker. But first, Kien Choong:
From memory, I was somewhat sympathetic to the war…
India links: David Cameron, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uttar Pradesh and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
Should David Cameron…
Iraq War: It's been almost 10 years
Blogger and columnist Andrew Sullivan is marking the upcoming tenth anniversary of the Iraq War by reproducing some of his stridently pro-war blog posts of the time. Those of you…
India links: Chuck Hagel, Civil service Exam, Pakistan, Australia, child labour and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
Six reasons for India…
Why Israel's new coalition won't forge peace
Jack Georgieff is the 2013 Thawley Research Scholar in International Security at the Lowy Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC.
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Trailer: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The performances and visuals look promising, but my, don't they lay on the political symbolism with a trowel. The quote near the end ('Yes, I'm a Pakistani, yes I'm a Muslim,…