ANU experts on the Iran-Israel conflict

The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on a range of topics surrounding the escalating conflict in the Middle East. 

You can contact our experts via the details listed below. Alternatively, please reach out to the ANU Media team on our hotline +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing media@anu.edu.au.

Dr Alam Saleh
ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Iran, Israel, Palestine, the Middle East
E: Alam.Saleh@anu.edu.au

Ian Parmeter
ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Israel and Iran, Israel and Palestine, Russia and the Middle East, US and the Middle East, Australian policy towards the Middle East 
E: Ian.Parmeter@anu.edu.au

Dr Anas Iqtait
ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Israel, Palestine, the Middle East
E: Anas.Iqtait@anu.edu.au

Dr Jessie Moritz
ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Expertise: Gulf (politics, security, foreign policy, development policy, energy, renewable transition, climate change), especially Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, and Kuwait
E: Jessie.Moritz@anu.edu.au

Honorary Associate Professor Tony Irwin
ANU Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications
Expertise: Nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle, including enrichment technologies used in Iran
E: tonyirwin@bigpond.com

Dr Kaitlin Cook    
ANU Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications
Expertise: Nuclear science, radiation
E: Kaitlin.Cook@anu.edu.au

Jennifer Parker  
Expert Associate at ANU National Security College
Adjunct Fellow in Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra
Expertise: More than two decades in the ADF, including multiple deployments to the Middle East embedded in US Central Command
E: jennifer.a.paker@unsw.edu.au

Associate Professor Michael Cohen
ANU National Security College
Expertise: Nuclear proliferation, nuclear proliferation as a motive behind Iranian and Israeli foreign policies, the Iran-Israel conflict
E: Mike.Cohen@anu.edu.au

David Andrews
ANU National Security College
Expertise: Wider regional/international security dimensions of the Iran-Israel conflict, including what the conflict means for wider US (and Australian) strategy, foreign policy, and domestic politics
E: David.Andrews@anu.edu.au

Professor Donald Rothwell
ANU Law School
Expertise: All aspects of international law related to the Iran-Israel conflict
E: Donald.Rothwell@anu.edu.au

Professor Wesley Widmaier
ANU School of Politics and International Relations
Expertise: US response to the Iran-Israel conflict, implications for the US following the attack on Iran, what the attack means for internal party politics in the US
E: Wesley.Widmaier@anu.edu.au