Analysis

Slavisha Milacic On February 15, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted an international conference “Geopolitical war of the West against Russia: Ukrainian case”. During the event, political scientists, experts, journalists and public figures from Russia, United States, Italy, Germany, Finland, Belgium and other countries discussed possible …

Meir Elran, Ephraim Lavie, Tomer Fadlon, Ofer Shelah, Zipi Israeli, Pnina Sharvit Baruch, and Kobi Michael The Domestic Political Scene As in other Western democracies, a basic feature of Israeli political life is ongoing social and political polarization, reflected in part by conflicting interpretations of the situation among …

Assaf Orion, Shahar Eilam, Tomer Fadlon, Oded Eran, Eldad Shavit, Daniel Rakov, and Shira Efron 2021 was marked by the global efforts to recover from the turmoil of the COVID-19 crisis, and in particular, its severe economic impacts. The focus of the global economy continued to move eastward, …

Bat Chen Feldman and Ghalia Levi Russia and China are participating in the nuclear talks in Vienna. The deliberations are complex and challenging, particularly since the interests and worldviews of Moscow and Beijing diverge significantly from those of the United States and the European parties. What are Russia …

Zvi Magen and Sophie Kobzantsev At the center of the world order is the crisis between Russia and the West regarding Ukraine, which threatens to escalate into a Russian military move against Ukraine. The question is: what are Putin’s motives surrounding the current crisis, and what picture is emerging …

Giancarlo Valori The ways of oil shipping There are three types of oil shipping classification. The first is according to the way the ship operates, including regular and non-scheduled routes. Regular (scheduled) routes are mainly used to transport general merchandise and refer to specific ships. They go to …

Nikolas Gvosdev The United States assumed that Russia would be scared of the risks to go into Syria. That is a mistake that should not be made when it comes to Ukraine. Senior U.S. national security officials, diplomats, and military officers are all sounding similar warnings. “If Russia …

Andreas Ortega When Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were cuddling up to each other during the Olympics, they affirmed their joint opposition to NATO’s reach. They are obviously opposed to democratic, non-totalitarian nations expressing their solidarity to one another by belonging to the alliance. It is well-known why …

Giancarlo Valori The Chinese awakening was one of the central events in the history of the 20th century history. In the penultimate decade of the 19th century, Western capitalism penetrated China: cheap industrial products damaged local crafts and industries. Social decadence and increasing poverty were worsened by famine …