By appealing to international law and a ‘rules-based’ order, but not opposing the US-Israeli action, the government appears caught in the diplomatic crossfire.
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Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran have triggered a widening regional conflict, drawing in Tehran’s allies and several Arab states while testing missile defences across the Middle East.
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.
As US bombing operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have shown, destruction is not the same as political success.
Conflict between the two nations – often via proxies like Israel – has taken many forms since the 1980s.
Trump has shifted American policy towards Iran from one of containment to direct confrontation.
By using its drone and missile arsenal on its neighbours, Iran is telling the region, and the world, the regime will not go quietly.
The Albanese government has backed the American strike on Iran, while confirming Australia was not given prior warning.
President Trump has appealed to Iranians to topple their government, but a popular uprising is unlikely to defeat current leadership or the Revolutionary Guards, a former US diplomat says.
The latest attack on Iran goes far beyond previous operations by Israel and the US in both scale and scope. Tehran will likely lean on unconventional warfare as well as its missile stockpile.
Central to the debate is whether the phrases are expressions of Palestinian self-determination, or a threat of violence against Jews.
Israel’s actions are forcing Palestinians out of their lands at an unprecedented rate.
The IOC has failed, yet again, to be a global leader in the promotion of peace and human rights.
After a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Donald Trump said he wanted talks with Iran to continue.
The destruction of war graves in Gaza has rightly received global attention. But this isn’t the first time Commonwealth war dead have been dragged into conflicts.
Various proposals have attempted to envision Gaza’s future, but most are detached from reality and sideline Palestinian voices.
Kurds are the casualties of a US Syria strategy that aims to keep America afar, Iran out and Israel and Turkey apart.
A scholar of modern Iran looks at Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran, and examines what he believes and why his profile has been elevated during the recent anti-government protests.
Ongoing conflict, particularly in a three-month period in late 2024, caused widespread environmental destruction and the spread of toxic materials.
The ceasefire in Gaza is on shaky ground as Donald Trump looks to progress his peace plan on to its second phase.
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