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The Egyptian Diaspora
El-Sisi’s Use of “Soft Power”
Essays
The Russian-Ukrainian War
The Seismic Effects of the War in Ukraine
by Vera Michlin-Shapir, Ofer Fridman
A dangerous, uncertain transition to a different global system may lie ahead, due to structural and economic reasons, which bring the impact of the war to practically every doorstep worldwide.
Essays
War in Ukraine, Regional Amity in the Mediterranean
by Eran Lerman
Walking a Very Fine Line: The Caspian Countries and Ukraine
by Richard E. Hoagland
Eastern Mediterranean Affairs
Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean
by Antonia Dimou
From Collective Engagement to Action
Essays
Shifting East Mediterranean Tides: From Conflict to Club Med?
by David Pollock
“Restraint” in Action: America and the Eastern Mediterranean
by John M. Koenig
From Our Columnists
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the Re-Pharaonization of Egypt
by Eran Lerman
El-Sisi is increasingly acting to put Egypt’s unique claims to fame as the oldest civilization.
It’s All About Resilience
by Pnina Shuker
The Role of Public Opinion in the War in Ukraine
Alternative Views in Intelligence Analysis
by Amir Oren
Placement of quality personnel who are immune to ideological kinship and ulterior motives will get better results than exercises in re-organization.
The David of Ukraine
by Ksenia Svetlova
How did the successful comedian become president of Ukraine?
The Great Washington Divide Over the Defense Budget
by Dov S. Zakheim
The U.S. government was unable to agree on a budget for five months after the beginning of the fiscal year. Continuing resolutions have become a congressional addiction.
Hassan Nasrallah, Master of Lebanon
by Ksenia Svetlova
What comes next for the most powerful man in one of the Middle East’s weakest countries?
Grand Strategy
The True and Sad Story of Israel’s Economy and How to Change It
by Yaron Zelekha
The narrative of Israel being a “Startup Nation” ignores troubling and persistent macro-economic trends that place it at the bottom of the rankings among Western peers.
Israel and the Arab Middle East—A New Geopolitical Architecture
by Uzi Rabi
The Middle East has gone through tumultuous change throughout the last decade, from the aftermath of the Arab Spring to the signing of the Abraham Accords. The superpowers’ changing conduct, new regional power dynamics, as well as geo-ecological developments have served to change the Middle Eastern panorama. For Israel, these developments have heralded the creation […]
The Palestinian Authority: On a Journey to Nowhere
by Kobi Michael, Ori Wertman
Nearly three decades after its establishment, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has failed to fulfill its historic national goal as a platform for the full implementation of Palestinian independence and the establishment
The Iran Challenge
The Attack on Abu Dhabi
by Amos Yadlin
Dilemmas, Threats, and Opportunities
Iran's ties to Africa
by J. Peter Pham
Iran’s repeated excursions to Africa require far closer scrutiny.
Iran’s Performative Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
by Edward Luttwak
The total number of Jews still living in Iran is remarkable, considering Iran’s more hostile Shiite jurisprudence, its history of murderous pogroms, its recent bouts of official Holocaust-denial antisemitism, and incessant anti-Israel sloganeering.
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