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China’s high-stakes diplomacy: Managing Middle Eastern turmoil
Chinese foreign policy faces an important test in the Middle East.China’s bilateral trade with the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iran totalled more than $300 billion in 2023,…
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Pariah states and the Olympic Games
As the world eagerly anticipates the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the intersection of international politics and sport once again takes centre stage. The participation of so…
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Iran-Israel: The escalation calculus
Events in the Middle East over the weekend have brought the longstanding Israel-Iran shadow war into the spotlight, compounding fears that the Gaza conflict will spill over into a…
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Hamas's position is stronger than many think
Hamas has demonstrated surprising resilience and capability since its founding in 1987. It would be a mistake to assume that its 7 October attacks on Israel were a “catastrophic…
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The war in Gaza has not destroyed normalisation … for now
Arab governments who have diplomatic relations with Israel, such as Egypt and Jordan, are under increasing pressure from their populations to sever ties amid a growing outcry over…
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India’s Gaza dilemma
India has identified the disparate grouping of nations coined the “Global South” as a useful vehicle for advancing its foreign policy objectives. New Delhi’s hosting of the Voice…
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1947 and now
A Moscow leader aggressively expanding. Conflict between Jews and Palestinians. An unpopular Democratic president in the United States suffering a polling slump one year before…
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Israel-Palestine: It’s not too late for the two-state solution
It is still unclear if, and to what extent, Israel will manage to remove Hamas from power in Gaza. But already a debate has opened up about what will replace it. Israel’s Prime…
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Commentary
Israel's military operations will deal a huge blow to Hamas. But is it even possible to completely destroy them?
Originally published in ABC News, 7 November 2023.
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Gaza and re-imagining international order
The conflict in Gaza has become the latest theatre of nightmares in an increasingly fragmented and chaotic world. The sheer horror of Hamas’ terrorist assault on southern Israel,…
Pagination