The view from elsewhere
21 December 2024
The line from the 1979 Iranian revolution to the 2024 Syrian revolution is clear. Will the same line lead to another revolution in Iran?
International
3 October 2024
As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander
Middle East
19 September 2024
Israel’s intensifying effort to deter its enemies adds to the risk of an escalation in regional violence
International
2 August 2024
While the United States fumbles, more provocations have lifted the risks of a region-wide conflict in the Middle East
International
21 June 2024
As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
International
2 April 2024
The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
International
9 May 2018
Just weeks before his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement. What is likely to happen next?
Correspondents
4 January 2018
The latest protests reveal rising discontent outside the major cities
International
16 October 2017
White House decisions are making life harder for America’s allies, and not just in the Middle East
Correspondents
7 July 2017
Despite the tough Middle Eastern neighborhood and internal resistance, Iranians continue to seek greater freedom and equality
International
9 March 2017
Character and content can be hard to disentangle in assessing Donald Trump’s international security policies
National affairs
23 October 2013
The Security Council remains a key forum for resolving international conflicts, and Australia is right to be there, write John Langmore and Ramesh Thakur
International
21 February 2011
Tehran’s ruling elite says that Iran’s revolutionary experience was the inspiration for the Arab insurrections, yet seeks to crush demonstrators at home. Iran’s…
Books & arts
16 June 2010
CINEMA | More from the Sydney Film Festival with Sylvia Lawson
International
29 June 2009
That old diplomatic stand-by, “masterly inactivity,” might well be the best response to the events in Iran, writes Kevin Boreham
Podcasts
25 June 2009
Ali Ansari, director of the Iranian Institute at the University of St Andrews, talks to Peter Clarke about the growing split in Iran’s ruling elite
Podcasts
7 June 2009
Ali Ansari describes to Peter Clarke how the economic downturn and the sidelining of Iran’s powerful Guardian Council have thrown open this Friday’s presidential election