Author: Pulse

Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important

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 … Continue reading “Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important”

Iran is under pressure from Australia at a pivotal moment – time is running out to strike a nuclear deal

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 … Continue reading “Iran is under pressure from Australia at a pivotal moment – time is running out to strike a nuclear deal”

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. What does this mean?

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 … Continue reading “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. What does this mean?”

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction

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 … Continue reading “Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the destructiveness of war and the hope that lies in fiction”