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  • 14 Oct 2022
    • Israel
    • Lebanon

    The good oil: Israel and Lebanon strike a border deal

    Rodger Shanahan
    In a region where good news is rare, patient diplomacy can celebrate a win.
  • 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.
  • 13 Apr 2021
    • United States
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • Israel

    Iran-US-Israel: Boxing out of the shadows

    Rodger Shanahan
    Gradual progress in talks to revive the nuclear deal may be dealt a blow by a series of “grey-zone” attacks.
  • 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.
  • 30 Nov 2020
    • Iran's Nuclear Program
    • Iran
    • Israel

    The fallout of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

    Bob Bowker
    The killing of the head of the Iranian nuclear program may make it even harder to revive the nuclear deal.
  • 26 Oct 2020
    • Israel
    • Lebanon

    The other Arab diplomatic talks with Israel

    Rodger Shanahan
    Lebanon wants to settle its maritime borders to exploit rich oil and gas fields. Nothing more.
  • 16 Oct 2020
    • Iran
    • Russia
    • Turkey
    • Israel
    • Caucasus

    The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising  

    Marianne Hanson
    An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions.
  • 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.
  • 21 Aug 2020
    • Middle East
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • China
    • Iran
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Israel

    Hidden seams in the UAE-Israel deal

    Ben Scott
    It’s all about Iran, right? Actually, the agreement has more to do with managing the US and China.
  • 17 Aug 2020
    • Middle East
    • United States
    • Iran
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Turkey
    • Qatar
    • Israel

    The essence of timing in politics

    Rodger Shanahan
    The UAE earned goodwill for a deal with Israel, but the US is still struggling to win backers for its hard line on Iran.
  • 9 Jul 2020
    • Middle East
    • Syria
    • Iran
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Yemen
    • Turkey
    • Israel

    Cashing in the chips at the Trump casino

    Rodger Shanahan
    The prospect of a Biden administration has pro-US leaders in the Middle East seeking to keep their political “winnings”.
  • 21 Feb 2020
    • Australia
    • Israel

    Australia and Israel should be partners in Asia

    Gedaliah Afterman
    In a changing strategic landscape, likeminded countries have the chance to identify and grasp new opportunities.
  • 17 Feb 2020
    • Israel

    Israel’s democracy: a systemic problem

    Ian Parmeter
    Israel will go to the polls for the third time in less than a year. What makes it so hard for a clear winner to emerge?
  • 25 Sep 2019
    • Israel

    Israel’s Arabs awaken to their electoral power

    Ian Parmeter
    Arab Israelis have been slow to realise their potential pivotal role in the nation’s politics. That’s changing.
  • 12 Sep 2019
    • Israel

    Will Israeli voters give Bibi a “get out of jail” card?

    Ian Parmeter
    The corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the subtext to the elections on 17 September.
  • 15 Apr 2019
    • Israel

    Israel’s elections: many messiahs, but only one king

    Anthony Bubalo
    Benjamin Netanyahu survived a scare, and why should anyone be surprised when a noble amateur loses to the ruthless pro?
  • 9 Apr 2019
    • Israel

    How Israeli elections fit – and don’t quite match – global trends

    Merriden Varrall , Louis Raymond
    Moderate centrism is out, while increasing nationalism seems to attract votes, even pushing aside a cloud of corruption.
  • 17 Dec 2018
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Israel

    Responses to Australia’s Israel capital decision

    Daniel Flitton
    <p>How the world reacted to Scott Morrison’s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem Israel’s capital.</p>
  • 16 Oct 2018
    • Australia
    • Israel

    Australia’s Israel-Palestine conflict

    Daniel Flitton
    This is actually one of those rare issues in Australian foreign policy where the two major parties quite often disagree.

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