Israel is at the center of diplomatic efforts to better understand each conflicting party’s intentions, how far they’re willing to go, and what might constitute suitable compromises from all sides in the interests of peace. No one should get their hopes up expecting any tangible outcome in this respect anytime soon, but Bennett is the…
Russia’s recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR caused some confusion in Tel Aviv, where at first nobody was in a hurry to make a statement. Moreover, after intense consultations in Israel’s Foreign Ministry and National Security Council, local officials were forbidden to provide comments by the ruling coalition, leaving the Jewish nation-state in a very uneasy situation….
Russia’s grand strategic reorientation to non-Western countries that began in 2014 will undoubtedly accelerate in light of recent events in Eastern Europe will see China, India, Iran, and Pakistan become much more important to it than ever before. These countries, not to mention the Central Asian Republics in which Russia will cooperate closely with each…
When Hungarian rebels arose in 1956 to overthrow the Communist regime imposed by Joseph Stalin, President Dwight Eisenhower refused to send U.S. forces to aid the Hungarians. Ike would not take America to war with Russia over a small country in Central Europe. While the Hungarians were heroic and inspirational, Hungary was neither a member…
Last week I wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin rewrote the rules for the geopolitical game board. A week into his campaign to officially “demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine” it’s clear to me that Putin’s ambitions lie far beyond this stated goal. He will, however, stick to that script until that part of the campaign is…
These objectively existing facts discredit the false information warfare narrative alleging that Russia’s the one with a regional sphere of influence when it’s very clearly the US and Poland that are carving such out instead. The false claims of Russia attempting to carve out a so-called “sphere of influence” in Ukraine, which the author comprehensively…
