West Asia
India links: Kashmir deaths, missile defence, tourism, Bollywood, The Last word and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate. Her work focuses on Indian foreign and domestic policy, India-China relations and Asian security.
On Tuesday, five…
Movie trailer: The Attack
The Attack is a Lebanese (and French, Qatari and Belgian) production about an Israeli surgeon of Palestinian descent who discovers that his wife was a suicide bomber. Powerful…
Iran: Rouhani needs willing foreign partners
Dina Esfandiary is an Iran specialist and a Research Associate in the Non-proliferation and Disarmament programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Iran's new…
African Islamic world in turmoil
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.
It took the presidential elections of 28 July in Mali (now…
Is there any point to an embassy?
Over the weekend the US closed many of its embassies in the Middle East and North Africa as a result of what was described as a serious al Qaeda threat.
Given the number of times…
India links: Telangana, US relations, poverty, China border, Middle East policy and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate.
India has a new state, Telangana. Louise Tillen asks what this means for India (thanks Amy), and R Uma Maheshwari…
Middle East: Indyk back on board
Marty Harris is an Assistant Digital Editor at the Lowy Institute. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Middle East and Central Asian Studies from ANU.
Secretary of State Kerry…
India links: School lunch tragedy, FDI, caste prejudice, China and more
BBC Delhi correspondent Soutik Biswas is following the school lunch poisoning tragedy on his blog.
The tragedy also has political consequences, with the ruling Congress Party…
Food security and Australian land
Cynthia Dearin is Managing Director of Dearin & Associates, a consulting firm focused on investment and cultural ties with the Middle East and North Africa.
In the last five years…
The coming Afghanistan mess
Anatol Lieven in the New York Review of Books:
In one respect, we are in a much weaker position than the Soviets in 1989. They could leave behind a rather formidable Pashtun…