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Decisive international action needed to end Israeli occupation
The international community has a responsibility and legal obligation to
compel Israel to end its 52 year-long “occu-annexation” of Palestinian
territory and remove barriers preventing Palestinian...
The Game-changing Fallibility of BMD Systems: Lessons from the Middle East and South Asia
As the
Middle East’s major powers recalculate their defence and foreign policies
following last month’s missile strikes on Saudi oilfields, there have emerged
some telling lessons with...
A tale wrapped between love and hate: Development of Russian-Israeli relations
Authors: Punsara Amarasinghe and Anastasia
Glazova*
The recent statement of Russian leader Vladimir
Putin on Israel describing it as a Russian speaking country has gained an
enormous attention...
The drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil wells
In the
early morning of Saturday, September 14 last, at 3.31 and 3.42 a.m., the Yemeni
Houthi Shiite rebels supported by the Iranian "Revolutionary Guards"
- the...
Netanyahu wants another meeting with Putin
An escalation of the Arab-Israeli confrontation was reported in late
August following a terrorist attack that took place in a holiday resort popular
among Israelis. A...
Playing politics: Trump and Netanyahu risk sparking nuclear arms race
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani may not be the only one to have welcomed US President
Donald J. Trump’s cancellation of peace talks with the Taliban....
Jerusalem Format: Searching for a Solution to the Crisis in the Middle East
On July 20, Jerusalem hosted a summit meeting for the national security
advisers of Israel, the US, and Russia that was unusual both in terms...
Syria and Lebanon: Energy Challenges and Chances Remain High
Syria's energy landscape is slowly taking
form after eight years into the conflict. Despite the fact that the Islamic
State (IS) terrorist organization has lost control...
Israeli contrasts: Likud’s favoured soccer teams veers left as Bibi turns further right
The contrast could not be starker. As Israel plays a dangerous game of
US politics by restricting or banning
visits by controversial Democratic members of Congress...
Iran: What is in store for the JCPOA?
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) continues to be in the spotlight of
global politics. And even though the "Iranian problems" go beyond the
Joint Comprehensive...