1 Aug 2024 The Yazidi still wait for justice Susan Hutchinson Australia also has obligations when its citizens are accused of the worst of all crimes.
8 Feb 2024 Non-state actors and the phantom of asymmetry Ved Shinde The might of the US military no longer guarantees world order. There are new actors and new ecosystems in play.
20 Nov 2023 The war in Gaza has not destroyed normalisation … for now Lydia Khalil Despite deepening hostilities, common strategic interests still bind Israel and most of the Arab states.
16 Mar 2023 What went right in Iraq Paul Bremer Twenty years on, the former Coalition Provisional Authority head reflects on his year in charge of the country.
13 Sep 2021 Iran’s energy diplomacy Rodger Shanahan Tehran knows its hand when it comes to playing the energy card across the region.
3 Mar 2021 “Repair and Build”: Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq Fabrizio Bozzato A papal visit helps focus world attention. It also deals the Vatican in to the crowded “great game” in the Middle East.
28 Jul 2020 UN report on US killing of Iranian commander misses the mark Alison Pert The drone strike on Qasem Soleimani was unlawful, the report finds, but weak analysis undercuts its conclusion.
1 Jun 2020 Need To Know: Brett McGurk on America’s strategy to defeat ISIS Rodger Shanahan In a new interview series, the former US special envoy discusses conflict in Syria and maximalist foreign policy goals.
11 Feb 2020 Middle East dispatch: A paper closes, a rift opens, Syria slips Lauren Williams New hostilities between Turkey and Syria mark another blow to the Astana process and further tragedy for civilians.
22 Jan 2020 The Kurds are again caught in the crossfire, now between US and Iran Lauren Williams Yet the Kurds may gamble to play the two adversaries off against each other to finally achieve an independent state.
6 Dec 2019 Sistani: The (not-so) hidden hand behind Iraqi politics Lydia Khalil The influential Shiite cleric has avoided formal participation in government, but what he does now could be critical.
24 Oct 2019 Trump’s troop withdrawal and what’s next for Islamic State Daniel Flitton , Lydia Khalil Having pre-emptively declared the militant group “100% defeated”, the pull back from Syria raises different threats.
17 Oct 2019 Iraq protests: The cost of corruption and failed reforms Jon Norling The compromise that put Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi in office has entrenched patronage politics and fuelled public rage.
3 Jun 2019 The relativity of the death penalty Rodger Shanahan Where is the outrage over the capital punishment sentence for ISIS fighter and Australian citizen Ahmed Merhi?
27 Oct 2017 The ongoing plight of the Yazidis Nikki Marczak , Susan Hutchinson The plight of the ever-persecuted Yazidis remains as dire – and as invisible – as ever.
27 Oct 2017 Kurds aren’t always the good guys Rodger Shanahan Foreign fighters who join armed Kurdish groups become hostage to their political agenda.
24 Oct 2017 Worst enemy: Kurdistan’s history of infighting Lydia Khalil The Kurds may like to say they have no friends but the mountains, but their family has a history of letting them down too.
18 Oct 2017 Kurdistan’s strategic overreach Rodger Shanahan Holding a provocative, quixotic and externally friendless referendum was an unnecessary risk for the Kurds to take, for very little return.
17 Oct 2017 Iraq, the Kurds, and the mess America has made Anthony Ricketts America’s strategy of ‘building partner capacity’ is beginning to show its weaknesses.
27 Sep 2017 Commercial drones: Privatising air power Peter Layton Hobbyist drones have moved air power away from government control and passed it to the people.
25 Sep 2017 Kurdistan precarious but steadfast on eve of referendum Lydia Khalil The allure of a referendum on Kurdish independence has overridden the practical implications and very real risks.
5 Sep 2017 Cutting a deal with Islamic State Rodger Shanahan A deal involving several hundred Islamic State fighters who vacated the rugged Lebanese-Syrian border area is yet another example, if any more were needed, of how complex this conflict remains.
16 Aug 2017 Riyadh’s Shia two-step Rodger Shanahan Gulf states have decided to try a carrot-based approach towards Iraq Shia leaders in attempting to blunt Iranian influence.
2 Aug 2017 Saudi Arabia’s change of tack on Iraq Rodger Shanahan There are signs that Saudi Arabia has changed tack and has decided to contest Iran's influence in Iraq.