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Even if Israel and the Trump administration entered the battle against Iran together, there is probably a difference in their perspectives on the goals of the current conflict This wave of escalation would be distinct from its predecessors in 2024 and 2025,...
Major players are less sensitive to crises; asymmetry of potential is hardly an obstacle to resistance; a lack of allies is a problem; but being a junior partner can lead to being held hostage to a major player’s game The US-Israeli military campaign against Iran has reached its first critical juncture. It can be characterised as an attempt at a crushing, disarming strike. The targets included the country’s spiritual, political, and military leadership, as well as its industrial,...
... politics, overwhelming military superiority has long been regarded as the ultimate guarantor of security. The United States remains the world’s most capable military power in terms of global reach, technological sophistication, and alliance networks. Israel, likewise, possesses advanced capabilities unmatched in its immediate region. Yet modern conflicts increasingly demonstrate a sobering reality: battlefield dominance does not automatically translate into strategic success. The recent war in Gaza ...
... favour of a military scenario being likely. First of all, the US has very specific motives for conducting an operation at this particular moment. Iran has been one of Washington's key and consistent adversaries for over forty years. Iran's relations with Israel, a key US ally in the region, are even more acrimonious. The two allies assume that Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons for many years. The successful example of North Korea, which has become a de facto nuclear power, is an important example ...
... be impossible to go beyond exploring the key emerging trends in terms of striking a new balance in regional affairs and outlining the possible avenues for future changes. These changes are expected to revolve around four main knots, specifically, the Israeli-Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian and Yemeni knots. Rostam¹, David, and Uncle Sam The so-called Twelve-Day War was probably one of the strangest events of the past year. Three countries took part in this military conflict, each of them claiming a ...
... attended the meetings, which, according to a statement issued by US envoy Tom Barrack on November 13, established a US-Turkish-Syrian framework for integrating the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into new Syrian structures and redefining Turkish-Syrian-Israeli relations. On November 18, Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to strengthen regional understanding of Syria's new role in US strategy. Basel Haj Jasem: Postponing War, Not Building Peace: Limits of Syrian-Israeli Security ...
... after the UN Security Council. Under the initiative of the United States, the UN decided to remove him from the sanctions list. Beyond a high-level Syrian-Turkish-U.S. meeting on key regional security files (SDF, Suwaida, Hezbollah, Southern Syria, Israel), the visit culminated in the Syrian administrator’s declaration of intent to join the international coalition against ISIS. Al-Sharaa sought above all to repeal the Caesar Act, seen as an obstacle to Syria’s recovery and reconstruction. Alexey ...
... civilizational dimensions of injustice in international relations in the era of globalization. In his interpretation, Takfirism appears both as a distortion of Islamic values and as an instrument of anti-Islamic policy pursued by the United States and Israel, embodied in Zionism and in the obstruction of a peaceful resolution of the Palestinian question. Al-Houthi viewed the militarist expansion of the United States following the 2003 occupation of Iraq as a signal for the mobilization of the Arab ...
On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel in the Russian Federation On November 3–7, 2025, a group of Russian experts on Middle Eastern affairs visited Israel. The visit was organized by the Embassy of the State of Israel ...
Even if Israel completely abandons the former foundation of its statehood – the “island” of the West in the Middle East – its place in regional affairs will remain unchanged Even if Israel completely abandons the former foundation of its statehood – ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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