CAIS academic staff and research scholars have been able to provide constant media commentary on the situation in Iraq and Australia's involvement in the Middle East. The following interviews and media pieces have been published in recent months:
Amin Saikal , The Afghan conflict and prospects for a political settlement, Kristeligt Dagblad Newspaper, Copenhagen , 10 Oct 2018.
Amin Saikal, PM plays with Middle East fire, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Oct 2018.
Dirk Van Der Kley, Louisa Lim, (Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University),Dr Graeme Smith, (Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Coral Bell), 'Come Dance with Xi: Who Can Resist the Belt and Road's Embrace?', , The Little Red Podcast, 11 Jul 2018.
M. Murat Yurtbilir, Turkey, the US, and an evangelical pastor, ABC Radio National - Religion and Ethics Report, 15 Aug 2018.
Amin Saikal, Trump’s assertiveness vs Rouhani’s resistance, ANU Media, 16 Aug 2018.
Victoria Guo with Giray Fidan, China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Turkey’s Middle Corridor: “Win-Win Cooperation”'?, Middle East Institute, 26 Jun 2018.
M. Murat Yurtbilir, Turkey's declining economic situation, The Wire - 2SER, 13 Aug 2018.
Anas Iqtait, The Taming of the Palestinian Authority, Foreign Policy, 02 Oct 2018.
M. Murat Yurtbilir, Your guide to Sunday’s Turkish elections, and what they mean for Greece, Neo Cosmos, 22 Jun 2018.
Jessie Moritz, 'Oman can manage domestic political dissent for now',, Oxford Analytica, 26 Mar 2018.
Dirk van der Kley, Chinese Companies’ Central Asian Survival Strategy, The Diplomat, 14 Jun 2018.
Anas Iqtait, China’s rising interests in Qatar, The Lowy Institute, 18 Jun 2018.