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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”
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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading “Your say: week beginning August 25”
By David McMillan, Professor in Finance, University of Stirling The price of gold reached a historic high in April and remains close to that value. Conventional investing wisdom puts gold … Continue reading “Why gold may be losing its shine as a safe-haven investment”
By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University As the longest-serving Israeli prime minister (17 years), Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for his political wizardry and … Continue reading “With eyes on re-election, Netanyahu’s fights with world leaders aim to distract from his many political problems”
By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and … Continue reading “the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia”
By Rachael Jolley, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance … Continue reading “Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out”