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This rally in Melbourne was part of a coordinated, global series of rallies held to stand in solidarity with the Iranian people in their fight for human rights, as well as to condemn the chemical attacks on children at the hands of the Iranian dictatorship, which have gone unpunished.

Women protest in solidarity with the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Melbourne, Australia, on March 11, 2023. (Matt Hrkac via Flickr)

Commentary

Gas Attacks Reveal a War on Iranian Women

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Mar 20, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)

Commentary

How US Ambassador Tom Nides Became Israel’s Arsonist-in-Chief

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Mar 6, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 5, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Commentary

To Disarm North Korea, Focus on Human Rights

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Senior Fellow

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Mar 5, 2023

Commentary

2 Min Read

The Israeli Knesset on February 16, 2022. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)

Commentary

The Shepherd Boy, the Wolf, and the Threat to Israeli Democracy

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Mar 1, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Podcast

China Insider #11 | Retiree Protests Spread, China's Top Tech Investor Disappears, and Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Feb 21, 2023

Podcast

China Insider #10 | Wuhan Protests, the Chinese Healthcare System, and the “Hong Kong 47”

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Wilson Shirley

Former Media Fellow, China Center

Miles Yu & Wilson Shirley

Feb 14, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Kim Jong Un Reveals Possible Successor

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 14, 2023

In the Media

The Commonwealth Observer Group, chaired by the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, witnessed the general elections in Nigeria.

Ballot boxes for the 2019 Nigerian general elections. (Commonwealth Secretariat via Flickr)

Commentary

A Lack of Security Could Undermine Elections in Nigeria

James Barnett

Research Fellow

James Barnett

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

12 Min Read

Protesters holding up a banner outside the West Kowloon Magistrates Court before the trial against 47 pro-democracy activists on February 6, 2023, in Hong Kong. (Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Hong Kong’s Anti-freedom Show Trials Prove Beijing’s Promises Mean Nothing

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Feb 9, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Pervez Musharraf at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Musharraf Told Pakistanis Not to Be India-Centric but Also Called India a Permanent Threat

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Feb 5, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Getty Images)

In the Media

The US Will No Longer Ignore the Fundamental Political and Ideological Differences between the Two Systems

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Feb 2, 2023

In the Media

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on March 9, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Iran’s Uprising Is Doomed to Fail