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How Israel destabilizes the Middle East: Denying sovereignty and the right to exist
Israel’s pursuit of security increasingly rests on a destabilizing proposition: that its neighbours become less threatening when their capacity to exercise sovereignty is diminished. Since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, this approach has become particularly visible across several distinct arenas. Military operations, territorial incursions and restrictions on political…
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Why Turkiye should not go to war with Israel – it is already winning without one
Restraint is hardest when it looks like weakness. Israel’s 18 August strike on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase, followed by direct Israeli-Turkish warnings, has revived a dangerous question: are Turkiye and Israel approaching war in Syria? Ankara should avoid the arena where Israeli power is strongest. Turkiye is gaining ground without…