Professor Alan Dupont outlines the variety of security issues that climate change will present for all nations, explaining that these are problems that need to be addressed.
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Interview with Professor Alan Dupont
Professor Alan Dupont is interviewed by Military Associate James Brown, following the launch of his paper – Inflection point: the Australian Defence Force after Afghanistan – at the Lowy Institute. Read more
Australia’s new Defence White Paper, what it must do? A forum hosted by the Menzies Research Centre
An address by Professor Alan Dupont and Michael Hintze – Chair of International Security and Director, Centre for International Security Studies, to the Menzies Research Centre’s ‘Australian Security in the 21st Century’ Seminar Series in Canberra on 13 March 2008. Read more
Hizballah vs. ISIS. vs. Israel
Two incidents this week showcase the complexity of the challenges facing Israel on its northern front.
In the first, an air strike killed four members of the Islamic State-affiliated Khalid Ibn al-Walid Brigade after a patrol of the Golani reconnaissance unit in the southern Golan Heights was targeted by the organization. Israeli aircraft then targeted a facility used by the group in the Wadi Sirhan area. Read more
Dr Jonathan Spyer: Revolution & Counter-revolution in Syria
A briefing on Revolution and Counter-revolution in Syria with Dr. Jonathan Spyer, expert in Israeli foreign policy and the Arab-Israel conflict.
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Scenarios for Syria
As the pressure increases for intervention in Syria we canvass the different scenarios that might play out in the troubled nation.
We hear from Israeli academic and journalist Jonathan Spyer, who earlier this year was smuggled across the Turkish border into Syria. On horseback, with local help, he made his way to Idlib and spent a week with rebels from the Free Syrian Army. Read more
Israel’s perspective on Syria
Earlier this year Israeli academic and journalist Jonathan Spyer was smuggled across the Turkish border into Syria. On horseback, with local help, he made his way to Idlib and spent a week with rebels from the Free Syrian Army. Two weeks after he returned home, the Syrian Army took the town. He speaks on the regional implications of the conflict in Syria. Read more
Little hope from beginning: expert
Dr Jonathan Spyer discusses Kofi Annan’s six-point peace plan. Read more
Syria: The Assad Regime and the Rebels
Jonathan Spyer speaking on the war in Syria. Read more