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The Houthis’ alleged support for Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia remains limited at this stage, although it is nonetheless concerning.
Few Middle Eastern leaders can agree to Trump’s proposal for all Arab and Muslim states to sign the Abraham accords.
The provocative images in the most visible parts of Tehran are intended to be photographed, posted and shared widely on social media.
The show brings together communities separated by migration, sanctions, censorship and political borders.
Iran’s contribution to the global economy is not centred merely on oil, as the war has shown.
Donald Trump isn’t the first American president to fall prey to the allure of U.S. military might and to ignore its limitations.
The current pattern of short-term ceasefires with fragile extensions is likely to continue.
Targeted killings can disrupt an adversary, but they rarely lead to collapse — especially when the target is a nation-state like Iran.
A long-running insurgency has recently flared up again in Pakistan’s restive southwest province – complicated by instability in Iran and resource interest by the US.
The Caspian Sea has enabled Iran and Russia to supply each other with weapons and trade goods despite western sanctions.
These groundbreaking films by Iranian women directors explain the deep-rooted origins of the Iranian feminist movement.
Military might is not enough to win a war when the objectives aren’t clear.
Pakistan’s relationships with the US and Iran put it in a strong position to intervene – not to mention a need to stabilise its borders and protect its own economy.
This conflict is fast becoming a catestrophic US failure which could define Trump’s second presidency.
Rather than existing outside politics, the Venice Biennale has become a site where geopolitical tensions are actively staged and contested.
Due to its position of influence over Iran, China will be a leading factor in whether the war ends or spills back into open conflict.
Even the Republicans in Congress were beginning to pressure the Trump administration over whether the conflict was constitutional.
At every difficult moment in their long history, the Persian people have fought to preserve what is theirs. The Trump administration may have underestimated this.
Iran’s decision to levy tolls on ships passing through the crucial choke hold has an unlikely connection to the site of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet.’
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Director, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), Deakin University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in International Politics, UCL
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director of Dickinson Program in New Zealand & Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Otago, Dickinson College