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Sarah writes and comments regularly on the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa for Australian and international media outlets, including BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, ABC Radio and Television, The Guardian, The Economist, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, al-Jazeera, The Financial Times, Jane’s Defense Weekly, Reuters, The Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, The Lowy Interpreter, The Christian Science Monitor, The National, Gulf News, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Age.
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Who were al-Qa’ida "really" in Yemen?
with War Spot Jackie Dent, 13 September 2020
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“Houthis React to Trump Administration Group Chat Leak,” ABC News: The World, 31 March 2025.
“Nike, the Houthis and the Red Sea” 360 Info, 26 March 2024.
“Ending War: Lessons from Somaliland,” The Australian Institute for International Affairs, September 2020
Australian named among victims as Kenyan terror attack continues, 23 Sep 2013
“Making al-Qa’ida Legible: Interpretive Methods, Secrets, and Mess.” Australian National University. May 2024.
“Knowing What not to Know About Violent Extremism: Public Secrecy and Terrorism Studies” Deakin University, Middle East Studies Forum, Keynote Address. December 2022.
Ending War: Lessons from Somaliland - Richard Iron CMG OBE in conversation with Dr Sarah Phillips, Sept 2020
One Plus One, ABC News, 6 May 2011
This episode of One Plus One features Sydney University Centre for International Security Studies academic Dr. Sarah Phillips
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Sarah Phillips, "Bombing of Yemen comes with no perfect reasons or proof the Houthis are puppets of Iran", Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 2015.
Sarah Phillips, "Yemen crisis: A domestic affair made worse by foreign meddling", Lowy Interpreter, 30 March 2015
Sarah Phillips, "Figurehead comes to light within al-Qa'ida's most dangerous franchise," The Australian, 5 May 2011.
Sarah Phillips, "Western policymakers shouldn't accept this Saleh spin," The Guardian, 10 April 2011.
Sarah Phillips, "Yemen terrorists are pawns of power," The Australian, 5 April 2011.
Sarah Phillips, "Yemen asks for aid to ward off Al-Qaeda," The Australian, 16 March 2010. PDF
Sarah Phillips, "US risks boost to al-Qa'ida by Yemen attacks," The Australian, 19 January 2010.