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Dr Scott Burchill is an extinguished academic who analyses international politics and is an Honorary Fellow of Deakin University

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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I will be chatting to Michael West here at 2pm today Melbourne time about Iran youtube.com/live/NF3MMb0...
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International Relations and Iran ft Scott Burchill - MWM Live
YouTube video by The West Report
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
BombIranians are a small group of extroverted and violent neo-cons, primarily Zionist and traceable to Israel and the US, who can develop the habit of barking excessively about the need to bomb Iran if their behaviour is rewarded (paid by AIPAC or allowed to beg for such an attack on Fox News) 2/2
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Pomeranians are small, extroverted dogs with origins traceable to Egypt, who can develop the habit of barking excessively if their behaviour is rewarded (i.e. allowed to beg for food or treats) 1/2
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Something I just wrote johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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Australia’s political and media elites are losing control of the story
Australia’s political and media establishments are struggling to adapt to a world where narratives can no longer be tightly managed. And attempts to restore authority through censorship, moral panic a...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 16, 1953
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Something I just wrote: Trolling for genocide johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
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Trolling for genocide
Debate over Gaza has increasingly shifted from mainstream media into online spaces. What was meant to democratise discussion has instead become a terrain shaped by abuse, intimidation, and growing att...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Something I have just written for @theshot.net.au on how our thinking about current political events is not as free as we might like to believe it is theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Thought control - The Shot
In societies which call themselves open and free, where elites cannot easily control the general population with violence, opinion management by other means remains the holy grail.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Everyone in the Liberal Party is right now backgrounding like mad about how they tried to tell the leader’s office that they were f*cking up.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Palestinian analyst destroys Israel's Lies - Mouin Rabbani youtu.be/e1cWs6oGndo?...
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Palestinian Analyst DESTROYS Israel's Lies - / w. Mouin Rabbani
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Worth a read: Over four decades, Trump’s one solid stance: A hard line on trade
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
White House says Trump ‘fully supports’ Israeli actions in Gaza www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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White House says Trump ‘fully supports’ Israeli actions in Gaza
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Is Putin in control? | Mark Galeotti on what the West gets wrong about Russia and Ukraine youtu.be/cUYlHaxQpdo?...
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Is Putin in control? | Mark Galeotti on what the West gets wrong about Russia and Ukraine
YouTube video by spiked
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Important background (his eBook is free) Ivan Katchanovski: The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine - The Mass Killing that Changed the World youtu.be/iPJcW48Vufs?...
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Ivan Katchanovski: The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine - The Mass Killing that Changed the World
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Jeffrey Sachs: Peace Negotiations & the End of NATO
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Donate Now | Médecins Sans Frontières Australia msf-au.raiselysite.com/donate/au250... #msfaustralia
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Donate to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
Hostilities have once again flared in Gaza, as Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of 18 March. Hundreds of people have been killed in these attacks.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
If you are in Melbourne on 2 April. It is free but booking is essential www.eventbrite.com.au/e/german-ele...
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German Elections, America First and European Union Scenarios
Join us in a discussion led by Dr Maren Klein and Dr Scott Burchill, to address contemporary geopolitical affairs.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
How Trump has flipped US-Europe relations (by me) johnmenadue.com/us-europe-re...
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US-Europe relations flipped by Trump - Pearls and Irritations
One of the gifts to the United States from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was to reinforce Atlanticist solidarity.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Amongst so much commentary dross and ignorant Russophobia, this is a realistic analysis of how things will transpire in the Russia-Ukraine conflict www.bne.eu/ragozin-what...
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RAGOZIN: What did we die for?
In the morning on March 11, the Guardian ran an article by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak. It stated that a ...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Og dear. Trouble in paradise?
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Something brief (which will be expanded) that I wrote on US-Europe relations under Trump johnmenadue.com/weu-redux/
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WEU redux? - Pearls and Irritations
NATO was, in part, established to prevent moves by France and Germany towards independent European defence and foreign policies.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Kenny Devine @thekennydevine.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Sharri Markson expressing more disgust over Guy Pearce wearing a "Free Palestine" pin than she ever has over the slaughter of thousands of Palestinian children.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Scott Burchill on X: "Richard Sakwa on Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/MogKW6217k" / X
Richard Sakwa on Russia and Ukraine https://t.co/MogKW6217k
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
Breaking News: Israel announced that it was halting all aid into Gaza, hours after proposing a temporary extension of the now-expired cease-fire with Hamas.
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Israel Halts All Aid Into Gaza Immediately as Cease-Fire Expires
The move came hours after Israel had proposed a temporary extension of the truce, though one with terms that Hamas is unlikely to accept.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Norman Finkelstein on arrest warrants, Gaza, and the pursuit of justice youtu.be/qNaOqn3IYoo?...
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Norman Finkelstein on Arrest Warrants, Gaza, and the Pursuit of Justice – CPR Interviews
YouTube video by Columbia Political Review
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Did Israel bomb the Bibas family then hide their deaths to collapse the November 2023 ceasefire? www.uncaptured.media/p/did-israel...
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Did Israel bomb the Bibas family then hide their deaths to collapse the November 2023 ceasefire?
As Netanyahu claims to defend “civilization,” evidence suggests that he rejected Hamas’ November 2023 offer to return living and dead Bibas family members in order to resume the war.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Another breach of the ceasefire by Israel that the LNP, Murdoch media and the lobby will have to ignore archive.vn/JP6iY
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Anything from Israel’s supporters in News Corp or the LNP about Israel’s betrayal of Ukraine? Another embarrassing but necessary silence?
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
So here we are. Allegiance to Israel is a test of your Australian patriotism!
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
So what is the West and Western values now? Actually don’t think that much has changed yet. The US is now the enemy of the west www.ft.com/content/b46e...
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The US is now the enemy of the west
Washington has decided to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Israel is not even trying to hide the fact that it is committing genocide youtu.be/BBgr9L6uLxQ?...
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Israel Is Not Even Trying To Hide The Fact That It Is Committing Genocide: Norman Finkelstein | Dawn
YouTube video by DawnNews English
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
My attempt to explain Trump's foreign policy johnmenadue.com/explaining-t...
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Explaining Trump’s foreign policy - Pearls and Irritations
When analysts seek to explain Donald Trump’s approach to government they inevitably focus on his personality: unstable and capricious.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Jeffrey Sachs' explosive address at the EU Parliament youtu.be/ZUbBU0OqCgE?...
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Jeffrey Sachs' Explosive Address at the EU Parliament Sends Shockwaves Across Europe!
YouTube video by The Africa News Network
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Defending Europe without the US: first estimates of what is needed
Europe could need 300,000 more troops and an annual defence spending hike of at least €250 billion in the short term to deter Russian aggression
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
And what do they have in store for our elections?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
BERLIN — Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on U.S. President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the United States to the past. @politico.com 🇩🇪 www.politico.eu/article/frie...
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Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead
Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Germany's obsession with defending Israel and criminalizing speech aided AfD's rise www.dropsitenews.com/p/germany-el...
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Germany's Obsession With Defending Israel and Criminalizing Speech Aided AfD's Rise
The far-right party, predicted to finish second in tomorrow's election, doesn't need to win—core parts of its agenda have already become mainstream.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Unlike the fake caravan "mass casualty" fraud that Murdoch media, the Israel lobby and the LNP peddled and promoted? It would be easier to dismiss if Israel didn't have so much form in false flag operations www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/sheik...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Trump's backlash has everything to do with SA's ICJ case — Israel-Palestine expert Norman Finkelstein www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Interview: Israel-Palestine expert Norman Finkelstein on SA’s ICJ case and the backlash
According to Norman Finkelstein, a global authority on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and one of the most influential political scientists in the world, the backlash against SA from the Trump ...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Sachs on Ukraine background (short version) x.com/stillgray/st...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
To the extent there is one, this helps to provide coherence to Trump's foreign policy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Opinion | Why Does Trump Threaten America’s Allies? Hint: It Starts in 1919.
Inside the lost tradition in American foreign policy that explains the president’s overseas obsessions.
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Why one historical idea could explain Trump's world view www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/T...
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Why one historical idea could explain Trump’s world view | CNN
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Jennifer Mittelstadt, a History Professor at Rutgers University, about sovereigntism and how this little-known movement from the early 20th century could explain Presid...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If Hamas is "suspected" why would they undertake reprisals on the West Bank?
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The hostages that Israel killed under the Hannibal Directive
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The "rules-based order" was always a US confection, so perhaps Trump is no longer maintaining the fantasy
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Buyers remorse?
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
More anti-Palestinian lies from Dutton www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I suspect that what offends so many about Trump's shift on Ukraine is that his narrative is closer to the truth than theirs. Explained here youtu.be/RiK6DijNLGE?... by Jeffrey Sachs, who is no fan of Trump
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Jeffrey Sachs: Understanding the Ukraine conflict (minidoc)
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
And he is an expert on the subject. Trump single-handedly destroying solidarity on the right - which side will Murdoch jump on?
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IRanalyst @iranalyst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Mr Packer and Mr Netanyahu www.afr.com/companies/pr...
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James Packer tells police Netanyahu 'demanded' gifts
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly demanded gifts and gratuities worth up to $US100,000 from casino billionaire James Packer.
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