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Author Archives: Amin Saikal

Amin Saikal, professor of political science and director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University, is the author of Iran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic.

Troubled quest for peace with the Taliban

by Amin Saikal August 27, 2019February 18, 2020

Despite ongoing peace negotiations between the United States and the Taliban, the bloody conflict in Afghanistan continues to take a heavy toll on the country’s people. The recent suicide bombing by the Khorasan branch of the Islamic State (IS-K) at a wedding in Kabul, which killed more than 60 and injured close to 200, is […]

Trump’s failed Iran policy 

by Amin Saikal August 8, 2019February 18, 2020

US vs Iran: a confrontation from hell 

by Amin Saikal May 13, 2019February 18, 2020

America’s senseless Iran sanctions

by Amin Saikal November 21, 2018

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