Philip Eliason
Biography
Publications
Philip Eliason worked in Egypt , Syria, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia and was Senior Adviser Middle East to Australian former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. He recently worked in Iraq as an adviser to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration.
Syria’s de facto leader faces home truths
Any national reconciliation process cannot advance while non-Sunni Muslim religious sects face terror and extortion.
Writing is communicating – inside government and out
Reflections on the quality of sending a message.
Syrian boss Ahmed al-Sharaa: A leopard in a fix
The truth of an Islamist takeover cannot be lost amid a charm offensive and wishful thinking.
Yemen: the search for leverage after Afghanistan
Islamists see advantage in a perceived reduction of America’s commitment to friends. Yemen could be the start.
