Editor's Pick ·
Can Israel Find a Way Out of Its Strategic Dilemma?
A new kind of challenge will require new approaches.
Assaf Orion
Assaf Orion is a retired Israeli brigadier general and the Liz and Mony Rueven international fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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America Should Stop Restraining Israel in Lebanon
Examining Israel’s options after Hizballah’s deadly attack.
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China Is Moving Closer to Hamas
While Taiwan moves closer to Israel.
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Why China Won’t Protect the Shipping Lanes from Iran
Beijing’s goal is to saddle the U.S., and Israel, with blame.
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Israel Thought It Had Deterred Hamas, While in Fact Hamas Had Deterred Israel
The end of the Gaza illusions.
Observation ·
Podcast: Assaf Orion on Israel’s Initial Air Campaign in Gaza
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Assaf OrionCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Why Is Hizballah Escalating Tensions with Israel?
Iran, Lebanon, and a perception of Israeli weakness.
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Israel’s Dilemma on Its Northern Border
Yellow tents on the Blue Line.
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How Israel’s New Government Might Approach China, and How It Should
Decoupling will bring new opportunities.
Monthly Essay ·
No, Israel Isn’t Falling Into China’s Orbit
By Assaf OrionMuch has been made about the Jewish state’s growing ties with China. But those ties are loosening, and if a new cold war is in the offing, Jerusalem won’t be on Beijing’s side.
Observation ·
Did the Recent War Between Israel and Hamas Help Iran or Hurt It?
By Ray Takeyh, Assaf OrionCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Either Require UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon To Do Their Job, or Send Them Home
Hizballah is expanding its presence under UNIFIL’s nose.
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Israel Must Call More Attention to Hizballah’s Failure to Comply with the 2006 Cease-Fire
A UN report only acknowledges the tip of the iceberg.
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By Killing Qassem Suleimani, the U.S. Stopped Playing by Iran’s Rules
Mistaking a sleeping lion for a dead one.
Response ·
How to Reframe the American-Israeli Alliance in a New Age of Great-Power Competition
By Assaf OrionIn his new essay for Mosaic , Arthur Herman describes the “impasse” in Israel-U.S. relations occasioned by Israel’s increasing—and, it is said, increasingly worrisome—ties with China, America’s chi...
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The Lebanese Army and UN Peacekeepers Provide Cover for Hizballah in Southern Lebanon
Thirteen years after the Second Lebanon War began.
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The UN’s Dubious Role in Keeping the Peace between Israel and Syria
There’s no going back to 2010.
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While the U.S. Mulls a Response to Syria, Iran Mulls a Response to Israel
When red lines converge.
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The Failures of UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
And its implications.
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This Isn’t a Third Intifada—Yet
Israel can stop it from becoming one.