Regional Analysis Archives - Page 19 of 22

From Kenya to Rwanda Israel’s Partnership is about More than Just Money

February 25, 2016

Israel’s interest in becoming one of the leading partners in Sub Saharan Africa is no secret. From both a common interest in fighting against radical Islam as well as infrastructure development specifically in...

Kurdistan Rising from the Chaos of War

David Mark

February 22, 2016

Regional Analysis

First the Background The Kurds, who have been itching for a sovereign state of their own, now find themselves in the unenviable position of being the chief agitators to Erdogan’s Turkey. In the beginning o...

Is Merkel Feeling the Heat?

David Mark

February 17, 2016

Politics, Regional Analysis

One should not think too deeply on Angela Merkel's words in press conference with Bibi Netanyahu in Berlin today. According to i24 News, the German Chancellor said: "Now is not the time for a significant step...

Can the Turkey-Russian War Break the Alliance System?

David Mark

February 15, 2016

Regional Analysis

Are we in 1914 or 2016. Sometimes with all of the alliances it's hard to tell. Then again when it comes to Syria there are some outliers that might just throw the alliance system out the window. With the war ...

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the Imminent Threat of Expanding War

David Mark

February 14, 2016

Regional Analysis

If the latest reports out of the Levant are true, Turkey has quite possibly sparked a global war. RIA Novosti reports by way of Sputnik News the following: "Turkish artillery opened fire on the positions of th...

Is the Russian Turkish War About to Start?

David Mark

February 5, 2016

Regional Analysis

After weeks of staying out of the news, Turkey has finally found a way back into the international headlines. Speculation is rising that Turkey is planning to possibly send troops into Syria. TASS reports, "Tu...

[Podcast] Israel and Armenia Natural Allies

David Mark

January 30, 2016

Media, Podcasts, Regional Analysis

Interview with pro Israel Armenian Keren Mooradian: What brought her to being pro Israel? Armenian Genocide Indigenous Armenians in war for survival against Azerbaijan Israel needs to stop supplying w...

Israel is Moving Beyond Turkey

Orit ben Tzvi

January 28, 2016

Politics, Regional Analysis

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus held a top level three way meeting on building a gas pipeline from Israel and Cyprus to Greece, for exporting gas to Europe. This has been brewing for a while and the reports that we...

Turkey in Trouble for Buying ISIS Oil

Shai Atanelov

January 27, 2016

Regional Analysis

Israel's defense minister Moshe Ya'alon and Greece criticize Turkey for buying oil from ISIS (Daesh) and, in doing so, funding the terror group. Ya'alon said "It's up to Turkey, the Turkish government, the Turk...

Palestinian refugees from 1948 may have numbered less than 300,000

Richard Mather

January 21, 2016

Frontlines, Regional Analysis, The Society

Most serious students of the history of Palestine would accept that the number of Arab refugees from Israel during and after 1948 claimed by Arab and UN sources—some 600,000 to 750,000—was exaggerated. It is ve...