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Post-9/11 international cooperation on weapons proliferation is giving way to a fractured regime dominated by ideology.
The continuing unrest in Iran — and the brave women who have led the charge for decades — isn’t just about freeing women, it’s about restoring human rights for all Iranians.
States sometimes choose to pay for the release of their citizens held hostage abroad – but there could be profound, long-term costs involved.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been contesting this region of the South Caucasus since before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
The hostage swap between the U.S. and Iran may be an important step in a new nuclear deal between the West and Iran.
People are gearing up for a potential resurgence of protests, while the state is preparing to suppress any sign of dissent.
Social movements around the world use music in their struggle for freedom and equality.
Russia is not only looking for much-needed ammunition, it is trying to counter Western influence wherever it can.
Hoda Afshar is one of Australia’s most significant photo media artists. A Curve is a Broken Line at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is her first major survey exhibition.
Iranian artists are showing renewed determination to promote freedom as a cultural necessity in Iran, even in the face of a government crackdown.
After seven decades of oppression, Iranians yearn for democracy and are willing to risk their lives to win it.
While analysts fret over what Iran and Russia are up to in Syria, Kurdish aspirations continue to be overlooked.
The Security Intelligence Service needs public support and trust to do its work well. Adding a degree of transparency to it’s annual threat assessment should help.
Despite initiatives which appear to be normalising Suria’s relations with Arab states, Damascus remains isolated and insecure.
From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression.
Iran’s savage use of executions and prisoner rape has failed to quell the “women, freedom, life” movement.
Yemen’s brutal civil war has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. But a recent Beijing-brokered rapprochement between two regional powers could unlock a path to peace.
After eight years of bombs, missiles, destruction and hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, it is the Yemeni people who have lost the most in this war.
Despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent backtracking to ease civil unrest, Israel’s ability to deter external foes has already been weakened by wounds that are self-inflicted.
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Professor, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Professor of Middle East & Central Asian Politics, Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Lecturer in the Contemporary Middle East and Iran, University of Manchester
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PhD in Politics, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Middle East Politics & International Relations at Keele University, Keele University
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
