Roie Yellinek
ARTICLES BY: Roie Yellinek
US-China Relations Are in Trouble
The world has changed a great deal since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019. One aspect of this change is...
How China Is Exploiting American Unrest
The state-controlled Chinese media enthusiastically covered the protests and rioting that followed the George Floyd killing. It compared the American protests to the protests in...
How Will the West Respond to China’s Nefarious Hong Kong Crackdown?
In 1997, after 156 years of British rule, the United Kingdom transferred responsibility for the city-state of Hong Kong to China. Twenty-three years later, in...
Pompeo’s Visit to Israel and the Chinese Connection
On May 13, 2020, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Israel for an eight-hour visit. His trip attracted a lot of attention, not...
Amid Russian Expansionism, Georgia Is an Ally of Israel and the US
Georgia’s relations with Israel have grown ever warmer since the establishment of diplomatic relations on June 1, 1992. The strength of the relationship was visible...
What the Coronavirus Reveals About China
The coronavirus is not the first pandemic to be exported from China to the rest of the world. China’s leadership, which is known for the...
After Endlessly Supporting Assad, Will China Rebuild Syria?
The relationship between China and Syria dates back to 1956, when the countries first initiated diplomatic contact. Bilateral relations have stayed largely consistent. In 2010...
Taiwan and Israel: Don’t Recognize, But Collaborate
In the late 1940s, both Taiwan and the modern-day State of Israel managed to face down massive powers that categorically rejected their rights to their...
China’s Nefarious Penetration of the Israeli Media
Not long ago, the Israeli paper Makor Rishon published a comprehensive cover story on a Chinese individual who goes by the name Itzik HaSini (“Itzik...
China’s Response to the Killing of Soleimani
The January 3 US drone strike that killed Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, deputy commander of the Popular Recruiting Forces (al-Hashd ash-Sh’abi) Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes,...
Israel’s Budding Relationship With a Group of Arab States
Though it is largely motivated by mutual concerns about surging Iranian imperialism, the strengthening of Israel’s relationship with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States...
The Hong Kong Demonstrations, China, and Lasting Change
Though it has been a part of China since 1997 -- following the transfer of power from Great Britain -- Hong Kong enjoys autonomy, a...
The Horrendous Way a German Museum Remembers the Holocaust
The Nazi racial laws that led to the murder of millions of Jews in the Holocaust were enacted in the city of Nuremberg. Nuremberg is...
Will China’s Support for Sudan’s Dictator Backfire?
On April 11, 2019, Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, was overthrown in a military coup after 30 years at the country's helm. China, one of his...
