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  • 25 Oct 2022
    • Australia
    • Middle East Conflict

    After West Jerusalem shift, will Labor also turn on Israel at the UN?

    Dave Sharma
    Far from advancing the cause of peace, the government risks separating Australia’s position from its closest friends.
  • 25 Oct 2022
    • Australia
    • Middle East Conflict

    Jerusalem, the rules-based order and deal-making

    Ben Scott
    Australia's interests – near and far – are best served by consistent support for an effective multilateral system.
  • 27 Sep 2021
    • Middle East Conflict

    AfPak’s back, alright

    Aarti Betigeri
    Pakistan needs to think carefully about its relationship with Afghanistan. The world is watching.
  • 25 May 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Israel

    How Gaza occupies Indonesia’s identity wars

    Johannes Nugroho
    Israel-Palestinian issues have long featured in Jakarta’s worldview but with a domestic edge, too.
  • 21 May 2021
    • Middle East Conflict
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Turkey
    • Qatar
    • Israel

    The challenge to the Abraham Accords

    Rodger Shanahan
    A reckoning over the Palestinian issue was always coming for those countries that normalised ties with Israel.
  • 15 Mar 2021
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Iran
    • Israel

    An oil spill nobody owns

    Rodger Shanahan
    A clandestine operation? Environmental terrorism? Israel and Iran both deny responsibility for a mysterious event.
  • 1 Sep 2020
    • Middle East
    • Middle East Conflict
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Israel

    Why is the “Arab street” so silent on the Israel-UAE deal?

    Lydia Khalil
    Barely any outcry marked this latest shift, which probably reflects recognition of facts on the ground.
  • 4 Feb 2020
    • Middle East
    • Middle East Conflict

    Middle East Peace Plan: A once in a lifetime deal, not in a good way

    Rodger Shanahan
    A distinctly pro-Israel bias to the whole enterprise seems to confirm a Palestinian view of a plan as “dead on arrival”.
  • 27 Sep 2017
    • Middle East Conflict

    War reporting 101: Check your sources

    Rodger Shanahan
    The news media has reported casualty claims later found to be spurious but paid little attention to the sources of these claims.
  • 5 Jul 2017
    • Middle East Conflict

    Lifting the veil on jihad

    Rodger Shanahan
    Tareq Kamleh’s latest video is a jarring demonstration of the jihadi propensity to cite humanitarian activities in a bid to disguise their true motivations and actions.
  • 5 Apr 2017
    • Middle East Conflict
    • Syria

    Assad and chemical weapons: The regional repercussions

    Bob Bowker
    The only response that will matter to Assad is that which comes from Moscow and Tehran.
  • 30 Mar 2017
    • Middle East Conflict

    Civilian casualties and the media

    Rodger Shanahan
    Determining the facts in operational incidents takes military experience and time.

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