Neo-feudal militancy: How Iran-backed proxy groups operate in the Middle East
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Iran and its clients created a reinvention of medieval feudalism. Leaders recruit fighters, wage war against outsiders and extort from residents.
Attacks from Within and Without: Threat Perceptions from Israel
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A crisis that could escalate into war can originate from Israel’s domestic as well as regional international environment alike.
Domestic and Foreign Policy Under Israel’s New Government
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Domestic and Foreign Policy Under Israel’s New Government Held on 13 February, 2023 Speakers Yossi Mekelberg | Professor of International Relations and an associate fellow of the MENA Program at […]
Domestic and Foreign Policy Under Israel’s New Government
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Register for the event on Zoom at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_vugTgR5wQR2s1XGh0OF_DQ On 3rd November 2022 Benjamin Netanyahu’s election win brought to end an unprecedented period of difficulties with forming lasting governing […]
How Israel Has Embraced the ‘New Middle East’
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former Prime Minister, who is once again running for that office, made a career selling a catching idea. Instead of the unappealing and risky formula of “land […]
Beyond a Tacit Security Regime: Constraints on Saudi-Israeli Relations
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Israel’s relationship with the Gulf states has been characterised as hostile since the former’s establishment as a state. Yet the shifting regional dynamics following the 2011 Arab Spring have dramatically […]
Why Hamas’ Russian diplomacy initiative could bother Israel
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In early May, Moscow accepted the request of a visiting Hamas delegation to mediate between rival Palestinian factions. This diplomatic achievement gives Hamas new ways to challenge Israel; both in […]