President Obama’s ‘New’ Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy: Why it is Unlikely to Work
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Professor M. Nazif Shahrani Professor of Anthropology, Central Asian & Middle Eastern Studies and Chairman Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University, Bloomington Listen to Lecture
India’s Role in Afghanistan
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Mr Vijay Kumar Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India.
Iran: An Islamic government in crisis?
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Professor Amin Saikal Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, ANU Coombs Lecture Theatre, HC Coombs Building 8a, Fellows Road, The Australian National University This lecture is free and open to the public. Enquiries E: Events@anu.edu.au…
Islam, Islamism and Democracy: the Turkish Case
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Professor William Hale Visiting Professor, Department of Politics, University of Otago, NZ Former Professor of Turkish Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. CAIS AL FALASI LECTURE THEATRE, BUILDING 127, ANU The rise of political Islamism in much of the Muslim world…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Today
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Prince Turki Al-Faisal President of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research Building 131, Garran Rd, ANU This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register attendance with ANU Events.…
The Accidental Guerrilla: fighting small wars in the midst of a big one
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David Kilcullen Senior counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq,and chief counterterrorism strategist for the US State Department. Monday 1 June, 12–1pm HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, Building 8a, Fellows Rd, ANU This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register attendance…
Russia and the Medvedev Presidency - One year on
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Professor Stuart Harris Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Dr Robert F. Miller Communist Systems Transformation Project, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies Dr Kirill Nourzhanov Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts Moderated…