Don’t Bashar Assad

Nov 16 2015 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Stirring the Islamic pot a rash policy when borders are open.

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Posted in Europe, France, International Relations, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, USA
Tagged Bashar al-Assad

Uncle Sam doesn’t need you

Dec 31 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

We could learn from Obama’s unwillingness to dive into another Iraq war.

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Posted in International Relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria
Tagged Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Islamic State, Peter Jennings, President Barack Obama, RAAF Iraq mission

Senator Barack makes a comeback

Dec 14 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Obama reconnects with strategic reality.

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Posted in Egypt, International Relations, Iraq, Syria
Tagged Barack Obama; Tony Abbott, Strategic realism

ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, whatever

Oct 3 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Random thoughts about a monster that won’t go quietly away.

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Posted in Australia, International Relations, Iraq, Syria
Tagged ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Tony Abbott, UN

Superpower befuddlement

Jul 8 2014 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Régime change and popular elections in the Islamic world give rise only to new cycles of repression, not to new democracies.

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Posted in Egypt, International Relations, Iraq, Syria, USA
Tagged Democratisation, Islam, Regime change