Israeli judoka Raz Hershko (left) and Saudi opponent Tahani Alqahtani (YouTube screenshot)
Scribblings: Olympian Disdain
On July 30, two judokas squared up for...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi: Seeking to exploit the US defeat in Afghanistan to aggressively advance Iran’s regional goals (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Iran celebrates US Afghanistan disaster
Newly installed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi celebrated the...
Numerous countries helped the Taliban achieve their victory, including Pakistan, Qatar and, to some extent, Iran (Source: Twitter)
Afghanistan’s Winners
The victors in Kabul will be those who...
The Taliban victory is likely to create a perception of Islamist ascendancy across the Middle East and beyond
Afghanistan Disaster
A tragic event of great symbolic importance is now...
A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021. (Credit: EPA/Stringer/AAP)
Editorial: Picking up the pieces
The collapse of the Afghan security forces like...
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Implications of the Afghanistan Disaster – Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin addressed the catastrophic return of the...
A slide from a presentation released on August 6 by the US Central Command, providing details about the drone attacks on the M/T Mercer Street carried out between July 29 and 30, 2021. (Photo: US Central Command).
How to respond to the growing Iranian provocations at sea
Update from AIJAC 08/21 #02 The attack on...
(Credit: Albin Lohr-Jones/ Wikimedia Commons)
AIJAC welcomes Foreign Minister Payne’s condemnation of Iran and Hezbollah
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes...
Ebrahim Raisi, the ultra-hardliner inaugurated as Iran's new President on Thursday (Wikimedia Commons).
Dealing with Iran under Raisi
Update from AIJAC 08/21 #01   Hardline cleric...
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Gaza, COVID and Iran: The Key Challenges for Israel’s New Government – Ehud Yaari
Ehud Yaari addressed the key challenges facing Israel's...
A handout photo made available by the Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI) of Iran shows centrifuges in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran, November 5 2019 (reissued April 12 2021). (Credit: AAP)
Is it too late to stop Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold?
The Strategist - 4 August 2021   Indirect...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his intelligence chief Hakan Fidan meet with Hamas leadership, including US Specially Designated Global Terrorist Saleh al-Arouri, in Turkey, August 2020 (credit: Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)
Turkish conference underlines growing role of Ankara as key driver of global Islamist extremism
The Turkish government’s decision to co-sponsor an “academic conference” in...
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