Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday leveling sanctions against four Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after weeks of warnings to Tel Aviv. Sputnik asked a pair of leading observers of regional politics what the unprecedented move will mean for US-Israeli relations going forward. Read Article
Biden said Netanyahu is not opposed to all two-state solutions, after Biden and Netanyahu spoke for the first time in weeks amid tensions over the war on Gaza. His comment comes after, Netanyahu said he had told US officials in plain terms that he will not support a Palestinian state as part of any post-war plan. Watch Now
Israel’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza has fractured families and ruptured research, with unconscious bias hindering communication and delivery in academia. Article by Michelle Pace. Read Article
Amin Naeni, our PhD scholar, will present his paper at the fifth International Winter School 2024 (IWS) organized by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. The 2024 IWS, themed “Social Media, Surveillance, and Societies of Control,” will take place from January 6 to 11, in Doha, Qatar. Amin’s paper will discuss the process of securitization of public protests in Iran through state-led online campaigns.
We are happy to announce that my book, “Middle East Politics and International Relations”, made it to BookAuthority’s Best New International Relations Books. BookAuthority collects and ranks the best books in the world, and it is a great honour to get this kind of recognition. Learn More
We would like to congratulate Dr Abbas Farasoo for winning the 2023 Australian Political Studies Association PhD Thesis Prize which is awarded annually to the best PhD dissertation in political science, broadly defined. Dr Farasoo researched ‘The Impacts of Proxy War on Afghanistan’ at Deakin University. The award was formally announced at the APSA 2023 Conference Dinner on November 29. Learn More
Shahram Akbarzadeh from Deakin University talks to TRT World about the US stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict and how its support for Israel affects its relations with the Arab world. Watch Now
On his latest trip to Israel on Friday (3 Nov), US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to voice solidarity but also to reassert the need to minimize Palestinian civilian casualties. Joining us to share his analysis is Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor for the Middle East Studies Forum, at Deakin University. Listen Now
To say that Israel has been an occupying power since 1967 and has violated its obligations toward the occupied people of Palestine under international law is not an opinion. It is a fact. And it diminishes Australia’s international standing to suggest otherwise. This article was published in thejakartapost.com. Read Article
Heightening concerns about a wider conflict erupting in the middle east -- American fighter jets launched airstrikes on two targets inside Syria, which the United States says are linked to Iran. Listen