Analysis

Thursday, February 16th 2023 / Wednesday, February 15th 2023

Edward Luttwak UnHerd, Feb. 14, 2023 “Despite the events of the past week, the United States and its allies should not now divert military funds to build enormously costly national air defences specifically designed to detect and shoot down a handful of aerostats as soon as they enter their national airspace.”   Two things are […]

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Thursday, February 16th 2023 / Wednesday, February 15th 2023

Kunal Sharma The Diplomat, Jan. 31, 2023   “China’s current and potential use of geoengineering techniques to manipulate and jeopardize the rules relevant to maintaining the international order is an issue that cannot be overlooked.”   Geography plays a critical role in shaping the politics of a region. The uneven distribution of natural resources at […]

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Thursday, February 16th 2023 / Wednesday, February 15th 2023

Lóránt Győri, Péter Krekó and Blanka Zöldi Lakmusz, Jan. 18, 2023 “Shortly after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August 2022, a number of threatening and misleading reports emerged about the military response planned by the Chinese Ministry of Defense.”   Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the invasion […]

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Wednesday, February 15th 2023 / Wednesday, February 15th 2023

                                                                              WEEKLY QUOTES   “The appropriate answer to terrorism is to strike it hard – and deepen our […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

GAME CHANGER FOR U.S.? Iran’s Arsenal of Tyranny:  Clifford D. May, WSJ, Feb. 7, 2023 — More than 3,000 assault rifles, 578,000 rounds of ammunition and 23 anti-tank guided missiles. A shipment from Americans to Ukrainians defending themselves from Russian invaders? No, a shipment from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Houthi rebels attempting to […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Shay Khatiri National Review, Jan. 19, 2023   “The regime’s violent response in 2009 breached public trust and convinced the people that the regime remained extremely cruel.”   The killing of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was in custody for wearing her hijab loosely, has sparked a new wave of protests in Iran. Many […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Vali Nasr Foreign Affairs, Feb. 6, 2023   “Iran is seeking to become indispensable to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine.” Over the past five months, a wave of protests has rocked Iran. Young women calling for an end to the compulsory headscarf have been joined by students, laborers, and professionals demanding individual rights, political reform—and […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2023 / Monday, February 13th 2023

Walter Russell Mead WSJ, Jan. 9, 2023   “For now it is Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., not the U.S., that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thinks about most as he struggles to balance the demands of his radical coalition partners with Israel’s national interests.”   As White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan prepares to visit Israel this month, […]

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Tuesday, February 14th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

David Sarange NY Post, Jan. 28, 2023   “Starved of information, Iranians appear to want what we are offering.”   Four hundred and fifty million. That’s the number of times social media users across the globe engaged with Farsi-languge digital content generated by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year. And guess what, 93% of these viewers […]

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Sunday, February 12th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

        THE POWER OF ONE What One Man Can Do for Israel:  Joseph Frager, JNS, Feb. 12, 2023 — I was reminded this week by one of the most influential American Jewish families how very crucial it is to continue the tradition of defending Israel. I am talking about the Jacobs family from Englewood, New […]

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Sunday, February 12th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Yoni Ben Menachem Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Feb. 9, 2023 “The only formula that Israel has agreed to is “calm for calm.” President Biden asked Egyptian President al-Sisi to renew Egyptian involvement to prevent an escalation in the security situation between Israel and the Palestinians and another round of fighting on the Gaza border. U.S. Secretary […]

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Sunday, February 12th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Khalill Al-Anani Arab Center, Jan. 27, 2023 “China has emerged as Egypt’s fourth largest creditor, with outstanding debts amounting to almost $8 billion, representing approximately 5 percent of Egypt’s total external debt of $155.7 billion.”   On December 8, 2022, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of […]