• How a re-elected Labor Government can hold Israel to account

    The ALP’s landside victory gives it the necessary political capital to hold Israel to account.

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    Pro-Palestine rally in Sydney with Palestinian and Indigenous Australian flags flying

  • Uzbekistan’s economic challenges under President Mirziyoyev

    Uzbekistan’s economic challenges under President Mirziyoyev

    For 25 years after independence in 1991, Uzbekistan was ruled by the former First Secretary of the Uzbek Soviet Republic, Islam Karimov. Karimov’s rule was characterized by ruthless political leadership and gradual economic reform. While some commentators lauded the economic achievements under Karimov, a more common view was that the economy had underperformed in improving…

  • Third restart? Kyrgyzstan’s latest ‘revolution’

    Third restart? Kyrgyzstan’s latest ‘revolution’

    Protesting parties were a diverse crowd, from the liberal Reforma, to the market-liberal BirBol, the liberal-socialist Ata-Meken, the conservative Mekenchil, the radical Chon Kazat, the religious Yiman Nuru, and others in between. The ideological leanings of Kyrgyz political parties tend to be mostly declarative and matters of convenience than of conviction, but still, their general…

  • Iran in a Shifting US Foreign Policy

    Iran in a Shifting US Foreign Policy

    Following Biden’s election as President of the United States, many officials who served under the Obama administration returned to senior positions. With them, they brought familiar approaches to the same pressing issues which continue to plague the Middle East. Iran sees this as a golden opportunity for rapprochement with the U.S, but on its own…

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