US pulls out of Durban anti-racism meet up, is Australia next?
May 4, 2021 | Naomi Levin, Tzvi Fleischer
As countries prepare to officially mark the 20th anniversary of a 2001 United Nations conference notorious for its extreme antisemitism, the United States has made the principled decision not to participate.
Greek-Israel defence deal is latest evidence of the blossoming Eastmed alliance
April 30, 2021 | Oved Lobel
Erdogan seems incapable of maintaining genuine normalisation with anyone: every irritant in every relationship, from the S-400 to Hamas to Khashoggi, is celebrated by Erdogan, who doubles down on these policies to instrumentalise tensions with regional neighbours for domestic political purposes. It is still possible that Erdogan’s disingenuous outreach may pay off, but even if it does, it is unlikely to break the overlapping system of alliances that have been forming to contain him.
The strategic implications of the China-Iran deal
April 30, 2021 | Ari Cicurel, Erielle Davidson
The Iran-China deal evinces that the Middle East is an important arena for the emerging great-power competition between the US and China.
