Read Professor Ihsan Yilmaz’s latest in the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter on Turkish-EU relations here.
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed interviewed on SBS Punjabi
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed spoke to SBS Punjabi about terrorism and democracy in Pakistan. Listen to the interview in Punjabi or read the transcript in English here.
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed interviewed on SBS Urdu
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed was interviewed on SBS Urdu radio on peace education against extremism. Listen here.
Rethinking Australias position on Israeli settlements
Read Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dara Conduit’s latest in Australian Outlook here.
Why Assad’s military gains don’t translate to success in Syrian peace talks
New work by MESF Associate Research Fellow Dara Conduit in The Conversation Global on the failed Geneva IV Syrian peace talks. View the piece here.
Iran’s Rouhani may be given second chance
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh has published a new piece in Australian Outlook. View the full text here.
MESF hosts workshop on Opposition in the Middle East
On March 6, academics from Australia and New Zealand attended a MESF workshop on Opposition in the Middle East. Read about the event here.
MESF co-hosting talk on President Rouhani’s electoral chances with the AIIA
On March 15, Professor Akbarzadeh will talk at a joint Australian Institute of International Affairs/MESF event on the Iranian presidential election. Book here.
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed publishes new USIP report
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed has published a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) special report on Peace Education in Pakistan. Read the report here.
Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed speaks to Cultural Entrepreneurship course
On 2 March 2017, Dr Zahid Ahmed gave a talk on “Peace and development in Pakistan: an analysis” at Cultural Infusion’s Cultural Entrepreneurship Course in Melbourne.