Posts Tagged: Israel Middle East
A Corridor for Peace: Connecting the Middle East, India, and Europe
In September 2023, the IMEC initiative was announced. IMEC is an economic corridor that will connect India, the Middle East and Europe, with the support...
The Middle East in 2025: The Beginning of a New Era — or a Year of More Chaos
Following Hamas' barbaric invasion on October 7, 2023, events initially seemed confined to yet another localized confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Strip. However, developments...
‘Israel Doesn’t Want a Stable Syria’: The Media Uses Upheaval to Falsely Slander Israel
The Independent’s world affairs editor, Sam Kiley, has a long history of reporting from the Middle East for several mainstream media outlets including CNN, Sky...
American Foreign Policy in the Middle East Hinges on Saudi Arabia
It is time for America to get off its back heel and start proactively securing the Middle East. Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas is a...
US Middle East Policy Misses the Mark
The Biden administration excels in scoring its own goals, especially in the Middle East. Missed in the hype of Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to...
Israel: From Strategic Liability to Strategic Asset
"Israel did not grow strong because it had an American alliance. It acquired an American alliance because it had grown strong.” -- Walter Russell Mead In...
Official Palestinian Newspaper Calls for Terror Attacks Against Jews
A column in the official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily urged Palestinians to “contribute directly to raising the bar of popular resistance” -- a term used...
When Is Supporting Autocrats a Step Too Far?
Two recent publications have fueled debate about democratic cooperation with autocratic governments in general, and Saudi Arabia in particular, in the wake of the Ukraine...
Why Israel Should Care About the Future of Libya
With its geographical proximity to Israel -- and its status as the scene of great power rivalry in the Middle East -- instability in Libya...
Analyzing Israel’s Multifaceted Power
Note: The following is the final Perspective Paper submitted to the BESA Center by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld before his passing on February 25, 2021. May his...
From Mecca to Jerusalem: Does More Bloodshed Await?
JNS.org - The dispute that is now rocking the Muslim world is not about whether the Prophet Muhammad’s famous “Night Journey” actually took place or...
The Miracle of Israel’s Diplomatic Breakthroughs
In the past decade, a number of pundits had talked about Israel’s growing isolation under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- in the words of New...
Israel Versus Anyone: A Military Net Assessment of the Middle East
Most published Middle Eastern military net assessments are based primarily on lists of units and equipment. Unfortunately, history proved that such lists are all too...
Are US International Agreements Carved in Stone?
Even when US commitments are driven by the purest of intentions, one should recognize certain features -- a derivative of the Constitution and the power...
