After decades of accusations of corruption and misrule, the Palestinian Authority is deeply unpopular among Palestinians.
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Most major US media companies have been targeted by Trump this year alone, along with many individual journalists. It’s the destruction of the fourth estate.
The Israeli leader is now firmly in position to possibly annex both the West Bank and Gaza.
The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.
Two airstrikes in recent weeks have been aimed at ‘narcoterrorists’, according to the White House. They’ve been deadly, dangerous and likely ineffective.
Territorial concessions used to be common after wars. The formation of the UN after WWII was meant to put an end to this.
The new treaty will recognise PNG as a nation that makes its own strategic decisions, and ensure Australia is a partner that shows up and stays the course.
PNG’s founding leaders didn’t just inherit Australian institutions – they reimagined how they could best suit the country’s belief systems and traditional culture.
Russia aggression, and the killing of a US political activist and its implications in the weekly world affairs newsletter.
There are a number of criteria that must be met to claim self-defence, especially when it comes to a non-state actor like Hamas.
Xi has removed nearly every rival, but he still governs with the urgency of someone who knows how quickly fortunes can turn.
Ishiba inherited a deeply troubled party. Whoever succeeds him will need to restore public trust, or the party may fall victim to its own dominance.
Members of the Pacific Islands Forum have a full agenda when they meet this week. Many hope squabbles over China and Taiwan will take a back seat to climate change.
In a surprise move, a progressive party threw its support behind the conservative Anutin Charnvirakul in exchange for promises of reform.
The president has made some concessions to protesters, but this may not be enough to quell public anger with politicians seen as lazy, corrupt and out of touch.
Prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson are increasingly using social media to unite far-right groups and causes around the world.
Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reportedly not on speaking terms after the president tried to take credit for ending a crisis between India and Pakistan.
Taiwan is particularly vulnerable to a naval blockade, with only four months of emergency food reserves and three months of fuel reserves.
Palestinian journalists do not have access to the same training, equipment or pay as foreign correspondents, despite the fact their lives are on the line in Gaza.
Young Turks, in particular, are increasingly looking for an alternative to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Research Scholar, Middle East Studies, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in International Relations, UNSW
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Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne