Both China and Russia are eager to assert their own authoritarian models of national “greatness.” Related to this goal is knocking down the international order forged by the United States and its allies after World War II, an open, rules-based international system that brought prosperity to so many …

Alex Gale Sometimes, the only choices available to strategic practitioners are bad options and worse options. Since the attack by Hamas against Israel on 7 October, Israeli decision makers have been confronted with just such a conundrum. If their response is too muted, Hamas will be encouraged to …

The turmoil in America’s politics – plagued by internal extremism, threats to democracy and the hyperpoliticization of foreign policy – means it will be an impossible task to bring the country together at a perilous moment, CNN comments. A weekend of terror in Israel has sharpened already grave …

The geopolitical consequences of the bloody clashes between Israel and Hamas risk to be serious, warns Kanwal Sibal, a former Indian Foreign Secretary, he was India’s Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia. Already the Ukraine conflict has been very disruptive at the international level. This conflict which …

The U.S. Departure from its longstanding policies in the Middle East under Former President Trump may have everything to do with the current situation there. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States pursued several diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East, including the normalization of relations between Israel and …

Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh The crisis in Gaza has once again thrust the region into the international spotlight, highlighting the ongoing struggles and suffering of its people. The relentless attacks, the suffocating siege, and the geopolitical power plays have turned Gaza into a symbol of oppression and despair. In …

With military flaps decorated in stripes and stars, the entourage of local and foreign top-ranking officials that descended upon the Moscow Conference on International Security at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre seemed little disturbed by the sporadic drones entering Russian territory. The recurrent interceptions of the unmanned …

Imagine you are the dictator of a small, impoverished country. You are, by nature, paranoid about potential threats to your survival and control of your country. Indeed, your number one objective is regime survival and control. So you devise a story about one of your neighbors and the …

It’s important to understand the distinction between Hamas – the governing party of the Gaza Strip – and the civilians who live under Hamas’ rule. Israel has declared war on the Islamist extremist group known as Hamas after a surprise attack that began on Saturday claimed the lives …