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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week. The director-general of security, who is better known than some junior ministers, appeared beside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday as they revealed how ASIO identified Iran as behind at … Continue reading “Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face”
By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham The upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, will be the organisation’s largest gathering of heads of state to date. It comes at a time when the existing liberal international order is rapidly disintegrating. But … Continue reading “Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important”
By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called Iran’s involvement in at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year “extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it “crossed a line”. We asked Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East scholar who was imprisoned by Iran for … Continue reading “this is why Iran is instigating terrorism in Australia”
By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University With news Iran orchestrated two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year, the federal government has declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s Director-General Mike Burgess said the group, known as IRGC, “used a complex web of proxies to … Continue reading “What is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or the IRGC?”
By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University In an extraordinary announcement, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Iran directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, including the firebombing of a synagogue, in an attempt to sow discord and undermine social cohesion in the country. Iran’s ambassador has been expelled, and Australia … Continue reading “Iran is under pressure from Australia at a pivotal moment – time is running out to strike a nuclear deal”
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s national security service has determined the Iranian government directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia – on Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney, and the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne. It’s likely the regime has been behind more attacks, according to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation … Continue reading “Australia says Iran was behind two antisemitic attacks; Iranian ambassador expelled”
By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University In a joint press conference, ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Iran orchestrated two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil: the October 2024 attack on Sydney’s Lewis Continental Kitchen and the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne in December 2024. … Continue reading “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. What does this mean?”
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s national security service has determined the Iranian government directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia – on Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney, and the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne. It’s likely the regime has been behind more attacks, according to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation … Continue reading “Iran drove at least two antisemitic attacks – Albanese government expels ambassador”
By Michelle Hamadache, Director of Creative Writing, Macquarie University Hossein Asgari’s Desolation tells the story of Amin, an Iranian man whose life and family are shattered when the USS Vincennes shoots down an Iranian passenger plane in 1988. The plane was carrying 290 passengers as well as crew, all of whom were killed. Among the … Continue reading “Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction”
By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au Monday August 25 Political complexity “Four ways to pressure Israel makes sense but fails to address the difficulties referred to in Martin Kear’s article … Continue reading “Your say: week beginning August 25”