Rising domestic pressures and a desire to boost its anti-Israel credentials pushed Hamas to attack and most likely drove its decision to invoke terror.
Tag: International Relations
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China’s Economic Stake in the Middle East: Its Thirst for Oil
China is the largest oil importer by far from Saudi Arabia and from Iran, highlighting the risk it faces if the war in Israel and Gaza were to broaden.
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How Israel’s 9/11 Tests American Grand Strategy
The crisis in the Holy Land must be analyzed in terms of great power politics and the pressure we face from broadly aligned rivals.
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Jamaica Weighs Making Patois Official Language As Brish Ties Fray
A push is underway to make Jamaica’s Patois an official language, on par with English, as the country weighs cutting ties to the British monarchy.
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Biden Condemns Hamas Attack on Israel as ‘Evil’
President Biden’s remarks expressed possibly the most personal anger that he has displayed in public since taking office nearly three years ago.