Wars have a way of clarifying a great many things, and of reshuffling existing partnerships in profound ways. This is what's happening with Israel's views of China and Russia, which are now undergoing a redefinition because of its current conflict with terrorist organization Hamas.
With Israel and Hamas still vowing to destroy one another, and with full combat resuming after a tenuous truce, Washington says it doesn’t want to do anything to provoke Iran into a wider regional conflict.
The geopolitical environment surrounding Central Asia and the Caucasus has changed dramatically over the past decade, with important implications for American and European interests. Regional and great powers have accorded the region ever greater attention, and the regional states themselves have developed a greater agency in responding to the geopolitical challenges confronting them. European, and in particular American, perceptions of the region have not kept up with these changes and are in need of updating.
Zelenskyy takes aim at cyber defense officials;
Combatting corruption is key to Ukraine's EU quest;
Kyiv eyes military medical reform;
Securing the "day after";
Protecting the military from graft
Taiwan ramps up arrests of China's spies;
U.S. provides arms, training to Taiwan's military;
$1 trillion in developing country debt to China is coming due;
China expands its naval base in Cambodia;
Nepal's new Chinese-built airport investigated for corruption