Jaron Sutton

Jaron Sutton is an Arabic language scholar and writer with an interest in Australian politics and media, climate change, the Arab world, and history. He recently returned to Australia from Egypt where he was an Arabic language fellow at the American University in Cairo. He has worked for much of his career in the higher education sector in Victoria. He holds a Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics from La Trobe University. He has lived in both Syria and Egypt.

Jaron Sutton's recent articles

Failure to cover: A week of collective omission by the Australian media

Failure to cover: A week of collective omission by the Australian media

It’s worth restating at the outset what should be taken as read by everybody: genocides matter a lot.

If you write, you must also act: Reflections on the limitations of writing

If you write, you must also act: Reflections on the limitations of writing

I've been thinking about failure a lot recently in the shadow of Gaza. About the failure of humans to prevent — yet again — the most serious of crimes. About the failure of politics. About the failure of international law. And about the failure of writing.

De-Googling during a genocide: Reorienting digital life in the age of AI

De-Googling during a genocide: Reorienting digital life in the age of AI

I first signed up for a Gmail account at an internet cafe in Vietnam in March 2006. Like many at the time I had been a Hotmail user for years, but Gmail felt cleaner and simpler (and cooler) by comparison.

How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu

How the West will package the genocide after Netanyahu

In the not-too-distant future, the Netanyahu Government will fall. When this happens, it will become politically fashionable (and indeed necessary) for Western leaders outside the US to intellectually “package” the genocide in Gaza.

When Albanese thanked a wanted war criminal

When Albanese thanked a wanted war criminal

Monday, 11 August 2025, was a dark day in Australian political history. On that day, a serving Australian prime minister publicly thanked a wanted war criminal.

The suppression of the Arab voice and the genocide in Gaza

The suppression of the Arab voice and the genocide in Gaza

The United States’ unwavering military and political support for Israel is now accepted as the key enabling factor in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Time to dial back the Australia-US alliance

Time to dial back the Australia-US alliance

There’s a concept in political analysis known as the Overton Window. The concept holds that at any given time within mainstream society there is a range (i.e. window) of accepted political topics and arguments for discussion.