Russia in Global Affairs

This is how Trump envisions resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict, with the ultimate goal of tangling these countries to major economic projects, limiting their ability to make sovereign decisions or maneuver independently. Even if Trump believes he is charting a new course, he is, in fact, adhering to the long-standing hegemonic Western perspective on the Arab region.

A future Palestinian state will have certain peculiarities to account for Israel’s concerns, whether real or intentionally inflated.

The State of Israel and the people of Israel have known many crises and have withstood difficult times. Israel can emerge victorious this time, too. It will be costly, but a historic opportunity has been created here to reshape the Palestinian and regional arenas. International pressure to reach a ceasefire will come. We must not blink in the face of the impulses of the so-called “international community.”

Can the Arabs feel safe and secure while an unfettered Israel, which disregards all agreements and all UN Security Council resolutions, roams freely in their midst? A 100-year-old persistent trendline speaks very loudly, even the deaf can hear it.

Moscow’s policy is shaped by its confrontation with the West in Ukraine, forcing it to establish closer ties with countries that empathize with Hamas.

The Hamas attack on October 7 forces us to think about what the outbreak of a major regional conflict might look like in the near future, given the experience of the operation in Ukraine and the rapid, difficult-to-predict development of new technologies.