... risking losing Russia as a national security partner, with its fifty years of unofficial relations and twenty-plus years of official relations? If this is the case, then Israel will be putting itself in a very dangerous conundrum.
The United States, Russia, & Israel: Is it a Triangle?
Andrey Kortunov, Malcolm Chalmers:
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
It is true that Israel, for decades, has relied on the United States for military aid and moral support ...
... such a strategy, as I describe here, could actually be winning for Hamas and Iran against Israel in southern Syria.
What could Israel do to counter this?
Andrey Kortunov, Malcolm Chalmers:
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
Israel could then try 2–3 things, which they tried in southern Lebanon, but which eventually never gave Israel any peace or victory which they can live on.
Firstly, Israel could try to recruit, organize and supply friendly Syrians (a “free” Syrian ...
... Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a meeting with the delegation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the mechanisms of work of international organizations.
Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Harry Koren, Ambassador of Israel to Russia opened the meeting. Alon Bar, Deputy Director General at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made a presentation on the Israeli vision of the role and mechanisms of work of the UN and other international structures. The parties also discussed ...
... trying to capitalize on this initial success by broadening the range of participants to the Astana process and expanding the conversation beyond tactical de-escalation and ceasefire mechanisms to a more sustainable political settlement.
Yuri Barmin:
Russia and Israel: The Middle Eastern Vector of Relations
The second stage of Russia’s direct engagement in the region turned out more successful than the first one. However, it also demonstrated a number of limitations. Iran and Turkey turned out to be incapable ...
... Ankara sending a letter of regret for the incident in 2015. In 2016, Turkey, under new Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, set a course towards mending relations and reducing tensions with its neighbors. Ankara began this process by restoring ties with Israel (the associated talks took several years), and then went on to make better relations with Russia [
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]. The sheer volume of bilateral economic cooperation and the historic ties between Russia and Turkey going back to the 1990s helped the two countries overcome the crisis in their bilateral relations. While the interaction mechanisms needed ...
... the Embassy of Israel in Moscow. Timur Makhmutov, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, moderated the discussion. The Israeli delegation was headed by David Akov, Deputy Head of the Center for Policy Research. The parties discussed the current state of Russian-Israeli relations and the situation in the Middle East.
A draft of RIAC working papers on the Middle East dimension of Russian-Israeli relations, prepared by Yuri Barmin, was presented at the meeting. The working papers will be published in October 2018....
... Iranian troops. As a prominent Israeli analyst explained, Israel understood that Moscow had “tolerated” these strikes for the sake of more important strategic interests, although Russia did express its discontent with Israel’s actions. Furthermore, Israel hailed Russia’s diplomatic and military efforts to withdraw the Iranian bases to more than 80km away from the Israeli border, and deploy five Russian military police battalions in the area. On the other hand, Israel also understands that if it continues with ...
Interview for RT
Israel has long made the point that it puts its security, the lives of its servicemen above everything else — a maxim that may have contributed to the downing of the Russian reconnaissance plane over Syria.
Now that Moscow mirrors this approach back at Israel, can the two preserve the spirit of accommodation they were once so proud of? To discuss this, Oksana Boyko is joined by Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council.
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... establishment pundit (who heads the Russian Academy of Science’s hallowed Institute of Oriental Studies), wading into the whirlpool? In a manner of speaking, he is actually using an “objective co-relative” to clarify the real state of play in the Russian-Israeli ties.
In the interview, Naumkin dispels any notion that Russia and Israel are in any “strategic alliance.” He prefers to call it a “normal trust-based relationship,” which enables the two countries to “fight terror together” and maintain ...
... radicalization as one of the most serious challenges to its national integrity and stability. A destabilized region will pose grave problems within Russia’s borders. Thus, it has created a strong partnership with Israel to coordinate these stabilizing efforts.
Russia and Israel share a common concern towards international terrorism spreading throughout the region. When Russia entered the Syrian Civil War, the Israeli government immediately contacted their Russian counterparts. It appreciated the concern Russia had towards ...
