‘Blood, Bluff and Blast’ Diplomacy Now's 25th edition focuses on the recent #Israel/#US attacks on #Iran. Many thanks to Farah Jan - فرح جان Shahram Akbarzadeh Ori Goldberg Abdelhamid Siyam Dr Andreas Krieg who contributed. dialogueinitiatives.org/diplomacy-now-…

The #IranIsraelConflict: could Israel's attacks have destabilized the current Iranian regime? Shahram Akbarzadeh finds the opposite. "The war has played into the hands of the hardline faction in Iran", he writes. Read his full analysis on the conflict here: dialogueinitiatives.org/the-israel-ira…

Full article: Contesting an exclusive citizenship regime: the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its electoral mobilisation in Batman in the late 1970’s tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our investigation into the Israeli airstrike on Evin Prison in Tehran — analysis of satellite imagery and videos shared to social media revealed damage in four areas of the complex, with structures nearly 2,000 feet apart in ruins. We verified the deaths of 43 prison staff

Excellent contribution by our very own Benjamin Isakhan on lessons of history #Iraq #Iran & #US #MiddleEast policy - must read 📚

Trump has been nominated for the world's most coveted peace prize by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu who says the US president is ending conflicts across the globe. Emma Shortis, Ali Al-Mamouri, Shahram Akbarzadeh, Ian Parmeter and Jasmine-Kim Westendorf give their expert takes.

The full interview “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza democracynow.org/2025/7/17/omer… via Democracy Now!

#Israel's Trojan Horse: The #Druze and the weaponization of minority solidarity ✍️I am looking at how Israel since December 2024 has been orchestrating information campaigns to exploit Druze grievances to legitimate IDF landgrabs in #Syria andreaskrieg.com/post/israel-s-…

Paperback edition of my book will be out soon! Please order from wherever you get your books 🙏🏽 Iran’s freedom struggles have never been more relevant

"My own colleagues come to work hungry,” MSF International project coordinator Caroline Willemen tells me that's never happened before in her long aid career. Her organization is one of around 100 who are calling on Israel to lift the blockade that has reportedly led to multiple malnutrition

This is the best ever true news BBC ever made about Israel, 4 minutes but every minute is extremely important

Research suggests that both autocracies and countries undergoing democratic backsliding experience diminished academic freedom, due to external legal and political pressures and self-censorship within universities. hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

You should watch the whole discussion between Senator Chris Van Hollen and Green Beret Anthony Agular, but this part really shocked me. This is how Agular found out that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's client was the IDF. At one of the distribution sites in Gaza, some starving kids

Happy to argue on Why Should Australia Recognise #Palestinian Statehood internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl… w Sam Balaton-Chrimes Middle East Studies Forum POLIS Deakin Australian Institute of International Affairs

“Amir walked 12 kilometres to get food, got nothing but scraps, thanked us for it, and died.” Anthony Aguilar, former US soldier who worked for the GHF, explains that a Palestinian boy kissed his hands, thanking him for aid, and then was killed by Israeli forces moments later

Today’s launch of 'Proxy War in Afghanistan: The Politics of State-Wrecking' at Deakin University brought thoughtful discussion & sharp questions. Grateful to Middle East Studies Forum, ADI, Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh , colleagues & friends for their support. Book: 👇 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184870/ Manchester University Press

I spoke with Ewa Staszewska SBS News about #Palestinian Statehood: 'A question of when, not if': What happens if Australia recognises a Palestinian state? sbs.com.au/news/article/a…

💬 “Why should #Australia recognise #Palestinian statehood?” thirdworldq Academic Editor, Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dr Sam Balaton-Chrimes from Deakin University argue that recognition signals commitment to #internationallaw, supports Palestinian self‑determination, and strengthens the two‑state solution

By failing to sanction #Israel, #EU leaders are complicit in its crimes says Josep Borrell Fontelles, arguing that Europeans are legally obliged to suspend the association agreement bc of article 2 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In The Washington Post, non-resident senior fellow Shahram Akbarzadeh said the humanitarian disaster during the Gaza war and Israel’s refusal to negotiate made recognition of Palestine “imperative for many European powers.” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…