The ICC arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister #Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister #Gallant are a political and moral earthquake. For decades, since 1948, successive Israeli leaders have never faced real accountability for their war crimes, endless occupation and mass…

Alan Jones was a key figure when Australian soldiers were first accused of war crimes in Afghanistan in 2009, and he's part of the reason Australia has not been able to settle the war crimes question since.🧵...

My chapter, 'Unlocking the Taliban Puzzle: Traditions and Fundamentalisms', aims to theorise the movement as an insurgency and a 'state'. Available now for pre-order: Power and Authority in Afghanistan - Rethinking Politics, Intervention and Rule bloomsbury.com/au/power-and-a…

Do yourself a favor and pre-order this amazing edited book with chapters from top minds on Afghanistan (myself excluded) Power and Authority in Afghanistan - Rethinking Politics, Intervention and Rule bloomsbury.com/uk/power-and-a…

The Israeli military keeps killing and killing and killing and we keep supplying it. These are facts. Don’t look away. Help end this. aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

I speak at this discussion panel which is taking place tonight at the Australian Institute of International Affairs. If you can attend online or in-person, register here. aiiaqld.glueup.com/event/115070/

Can there be an ethical justification for Australian universities' investments + partnerships with the weapons industry? Join us 11/10 for the inaugural Dr Bill Williams debate! Free, tickets: tinyurl.com/nfp2tr2d

Germany stands accused of aiding & abetting a genocide. Canada tortured Afghan detainees. Australia has only convicted the whistleblower for its war crimes. These countries lack the moral authority. For such a case to have any meaning, it must be done right, it’s not.

I can’t be in D.C. and not pay my respects to this legend at @GWtweets I had a good fortune of studying Persian Literature under Prof Sayyid Hossein Nasr during my sophomore year in college. First thing he asked me: “How is Imran Khan holding up?”. Happy to see that at 91…

Thrilled to announce the arrival of @MujibAbid as our new Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Initiative for Peacebuilding @UniMelb Dr. Abid is not only a dedicated researcher but also the co-founder of the Salaam Center for Dialogue (SCD). Research and impact!

The three-day South Sudanese Diaspora Peace Leadership workshop at the University of Melbourne concluded with leaders from across Australia’s states and territories calling for unity as a key first step in influencing peacebuilding efforts in South Sudan. Hon. Monday, Deputy…

𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖. 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 passed away on July 19. He was a political scientist and specialist in Southeast Asia. He was a dissident within Political Science. Yet his books opened up lines of research on central issues, such as the exercise of power and resistance to power.👇

Appreciating the opportunity to expand the discussions beyond the formal setting and agenda, the “civil society hybrid meeting” on July 2 offered a much needed platform for Afghan invitees (5 women and 2 men) active and involved in various spaces inside and outside the country to…

Last week I spoke with Aussie media on foreign tourism and (the thorny question of) Afghans returning to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. One of the stops was ABC Radio (Triple J hack). I am on air 12 mins into the episode: abc.net.au/triplej/progra…

#StudentProtests 8-part thread🧵 On #ABCnews: Dr. Elizabeth Strakosch, Melbourne Uni lecturer & spokesperson for Jewish Council of Australia: "To be honest I feel quite proud of the students... I myself have gone to the encampment and been welcomed there.../2

دو روز قبل افتخار میزبانی محققين افغانستان مقيم در كشور های مختلف را كه به همکاری سه نهاد معتبر برگزار شده بود، داشتیم. نگاه عميق و سازنده به قضایای کشور از جانب دوستان جديد و سابقه درين شرايط سخت اميدوار كننده بود.

Last week, we welcomed 32 scholars to campus for a joint colloquium on Afghanistan with the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies and @USIP Scholars workshopped papers on generating a political process in Afghanistan and received peer and expert feedback.

با آغاز سال نو تعلیمی، مسدود ماندن مکاتب ثانوی، دانشگاه‌ و پوهنتونها بر روی دختران، نه تنها که یک‌ بار دیگر باعث ناامیدی و انزجار ملیونها نوجوان و خانواده‌های شان در سراسر افعانستان شده، بلکه ضربهٔ محکمی بر پیکر یک کشور فقیر و نیازمند پیشرفت موزون و مشارکت تمامی اقشار جامعه از…

تاسف است که اغلب فعالان حقوق بشر افغان در مورد آپارتاید نژادی و نسل کشی در فلسطین ساکت هستند. طلب همیاری از جهان خصوصا جهان اسلام داریم ولی خود آنرا دریغ می کنیم. من این سکوت را معلول وابستگی فعالان ما به غرب و ستیز با حرکت های دینی در‌ واکنش به استبداد دینی طالبانی می دانم.

This is my first book, My Israel Question, published in 2006. It caused a storm, became a bestseller, was condemned in the Australian parliament and the pro-Israel lobby tried to get it banned + pulped. In many ways, it set me on a path for much of my work ever since. The book…