Reading Tea Leaves: Is The US Signaling Potential Differences With Israel? – Analysis
A stickler for language, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu twice this month remained conspicuously silent when senior officials from the
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Author: James M. Dorsey
Dr. James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and scholar, a Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute and Adjunct Senior Fellow at Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and the author of the syndicated column and blog.
Website: https://www.jamesmdorsey.net/
Articles by James M. Dorsey :
Gaza’s Fault Lines Are Less Linear Than Meets The Eye – Analysis
Like much else in the Middle East, Gaza’s fault lines are less linear than meets the eye. At first glance,
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Iran Marks Trump’s Inauguration By Signing A Partnership Treaty With Russia – Analysis
Iran’s newly-minted strategic partnership treaty with Russia may not be more than a bargaining chip if the first five years
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Putting Humpty Dumpty Together In Syria – Analysis
In Syria, putting Humpty Dumpty together again is no mean task. Israel’s demolition of the ill-equipped Syrian military and the
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Syria: Will The Real Al-Jolani Stand Up? – Analysis
Ahmad Hussein al-Shara, aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, would like you to think he is a changed man. These days, al-Jolani,
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Israel’s Wars Repeat The 1980s On Steroids – Analysis
Appalled by Israel’s carpet bombing of Beirut during the 1982 Lebanon war, United States President Ronald Reagan didn’t mince words
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Is Lebanon Israeli Settlers’ Next Frontier? – Analysis
Even by Israeli standards, Uri Tzafon (Awaken North) is a far-right fringe group. Amid mounting tension with Lebanese Shiite political
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Israeli Setbacks Empower Hamas – Analysis
Israeli military triumphs and exploits often produce battlefield victories that fail to garner political gains. The Gaza war has changed
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Thinking The Unthinkable: Israeli Occupation Instead Of A Ceasefire – Analysis
A former Israeli hostage negotiator suggests Hamas may be willing to shift the paradigm in Gaza ceasefire negotiations. The problem
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Covert Wars – Analysis
Gaza is not one but multiple wars. Beyond the horrors of the kinetic war in the Strip, Israel, the Palestinians,
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