🌍 Israel just gave Somaliland the recognition no other UN member state would.
It's strategy. ♟️
⚓ Forward defence on the Red Sea
🐉 A signal to Beijing near Taiwan's mirror image
New piece, w/ @Alon_Analysis and Dr @RYellinek of @Geopoliticslabo.
What links them isn't a common enemy. It's what we call strategic metabolism — the speed and fidelity with which a state turns its reading of a threat into action.
These three convert perception into policy faster than comparable states. That's the real tell.
🌍 Three wars. Three corners of the world. Almost no one treats them as one system.
Israel–Iran. Russia–Ukraine. Taiwan.
🧭 "The Responsible Powers" — new in @TimesofIsrael co-authored by @Alon_Analysis and Dr. @RYellinek why Israel, Germany & South Korea belong in the same conversation. 🧵
https://t.co/vJrnNcfFjY
@KhawajaMAsif Unbelievable to see how deeply antisemitism is ingrained the psyche of Pakistan. Nevertheless, it is as funny as it is sad to hear these words coming from the minister of a kakistocracy where the highest civilian honor is being a terrorist.
The war with Iran is not a regional conflict. It's a message to the world.
While Europe walks the tightrope, the US and Israel are redrawing the rules — and Beijing and Moscow are watching every move.
Full analysis 👇
https://t.co/25uKTbetnn
(Views my own)