Arif Saba

1/ Excited to announce the publication of my new article, co-authored with @S_Akbarzadeh, in the Journal of Contemporary China: Promoting Authoritarianism? Continuity and Change in China’s Policy Towards Myanmar (1990–2023). Read here (Open Access): #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I had the pleasure of speaking with @ali_adili about modes of knowledge production regarding Afghanistan. I draw on introduction to Mapping Futures for #Afghanistan, I co-edited @ArifSaba @abbasfarasoo & @FarkhondaAkbar with contributions by brilliant scholars from Afghanistan.

We are confronting the most challenging moment of our age. Humanity is under attack from transnational anti-rights movements and predatory governments determined to assert their dominance through unlawful wars and brazen economic blackmail. What marks this moment as fundamentally different is that we’re no longer documenting erosion around the system’s edges. This is a direct assault on the foundations of human rights and the international rules-based order by the most powerful actors for the purpose of control, impunity and profit. For the sake of humanity, the time to make history is now. #HumanityMustWin

"the most damning finding for the US is its loss of legitimacy on the international stage. When asked which countries uphold international law to a great or medium extent, respondents were much more likely to choose China than the United States." foreignaffairs.com/iran/america-h…

In 1986, Reagan called Gaddafi the “mad dog of the Middle East.” Today, the same White House is held by a man far more dangerous. By threatening to wipe out an entire civilization, Trump has become the “mad dog of the West.” The Mad Dog isn’t in Tripoli anymore—he’s in DC.

Israel's systematic bombing of Iran's key industrial infrastructure, steel works, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals... is designed to destroy Iran's economy, prevent post-war reconstruction, setting the country on the path to becoming a failed state nytimes.com/2026/04/04/wor…

Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes justsecurity.org/135423/profess…

THIS is how you introduce the genocidal president of Israel Isaac Herzog

Some reflections with @williammaley1 on motion in The House of Representatives in the Australian Parliament this week dealing with intensifying violation of human rights of Hazaras, women and girls and other groups in Afghanistan.

Please join us tomorrow Friday 21 Nov in launching two new edited volumes on Afghanistan. The event features remarks by Martine Letts @Asialink_au CEO & Prof. @S_Akbarzadeh followed by discussions and Q & A with editors & contributors. More details👇: events.humanitix.com/afghanistan-in…

Looking forward to this book launch at @UniMelb tomorrow with @IbrahimiNiamat @ArifSaba @williammaley1 @abbasfarasoo @FarkhondaAkbar and more .... events.humanitix.com/afghanistan-in…

1. A little celebration 🎉 Our edited volume Mapping Futures for Afghanistan (2025) is out! 📘 routledge.com/Mapping-Future…

Congrats @FarkhondaAkbar and @JacquiTrue 🙌 look forward to reading it!

Our new publication, “The Hazara Genocide: An Examination of Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Afghanistan since August 2021,” is out! Grateful to collaborate w/ an amazing team on this report by @NewlinesInst. SSRN: tinyurl.com/2e2z6ny9 NLISP: tinyurl.com/59ez7uau

Delighted to share that my recent article 'The Hazaras in Afghanistan: exclusion, minoritisation and resistance' is out in the latest edition of the @melbasiareview , which focuses on Islam and minorities' rights. You can read my article here: lnkd.in/gpEJsgZF

The Embassy of Afghanistan in Canberra is pleased to have joined @MonashUni @UNSW @UniMelb @ANUmedia @Deakin on Friday 15 August for the Afghanistan Conference 2025. The one-day conference gathered academics, civil society and the Afghan community across Australia to reflect on four years of Taliban rule. Key speakers underlined the urgent need to confront #GenderApartheid and restore basic rights.

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@ConversationEDU @ArifSaba @IbrahimiNiamat @ACUmedia @Deakin @UniMelb In this piece, @ArifSaba, @IbrahimiNiamat, and I discuss the escalating human rights violations in Afghanistan and the international community's complacency in the face of the Afghan population’s suffering.

15 August marks the fourth anniversary of fall of the Republic and the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. @safitaye1 @ArifSaba and I examine the deepening human rights repression under the Taliban. Read the full article in @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/after-4-years-…

Four years into Taliban rule, Afghans continue to endure repression and hardship, yet much of the world looks away — Dr @IbrahimiNiamat, Dr @ArifSaba, and Dr Safiullah Taye ask: is the world still watching? theconversation.com/after-4-years-…

Russia and China have started to bring the Taliban in from the cold. The international community may soon have little leverage to pressure the group to change. @ArifSaba @safitaye1 @IbrahimiNiamat @ACUmedia @Deakin @unimelb theconversation.com/after-4-years-…