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Israel – Shortening Men’s Compulsory IDF Service: Beyond Economic Ramifications (INSS)

Meir Elran, Sasson Hadad, Tomer Fadlon, Ofer Shelah On July 27, 2021, an agreement was reached on the defense budget for 2022, including the postponement...

Central Asia/China/Russia/USA – Russia, China, and the Prospect of US Military Bases in Central Asia (BESA Center)

Emil Avdaliani writes: The American exit from Afghanistan has created a power vacuum. The quartet of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran stands to benefit the most...

Jordan/Israel – Jordan’s “Incitement Force” on the Temple Mount (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen writes: At the end of the Gaza war in May, during a meeting with members of the Palestinian Affairs Committee of the...

Israel/Iran – Israel’s Approach to Iran: The Netanyahu Revolution (BESA Center)

Reza Parchizadeh writes: The premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu has finally come to an end. The revolution he started in terms of Israel’s strategic approach...

Iran – Dismantle Iran Now (BESA Center)

Mordechai Kedar writes: In recent weeks, mass demonstrations have taken place in three peripheral provinces of Iran populated by non-Persian ethnic groups. The most...

Global/Pandemic – The Political Lessons of COVID-19 (Project-Syndicate)

Luigi Zingales writes: If an evil mind were to engineer the perfect virus to wipe out an animal species, it would choose the optimal...

Nicaragua – Nicaragua’s poll body disqualifies main opposition party (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Nicaragua’s electoral council has disqualified the country’s main opposition party from upcoming presidential polls, in which it headed an alliance against the...

Afghanistan – Sheberghan: Taliban captures second Afghan provincial capital (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital to fall to the armed group in less than...

South Sudan – Deadly fighting erupts between South Sudan party’s rival factions (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Deadly fighting has erupted between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a statement. The...

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