The Risks and Rewards of the Offensive Into Russia’s Kursk Region
WEB3 days ago — The offensive does not redress the current materiel imbalance in the war. For now, Russia retains an advantage in manpower, equipment, and ammunition.This advantage has not proved decisive, or led to operationally significant breakthroughs, but Russian forces have steadily gained 750 square miles of territory since October 2023, …
A Cease-Fire Deal Now Would Be a Victory for Israel
WEB6 days ago — The American “final plan” that Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought to the Middle East last week accepted much of what Netanyahu had been holding out for. That deal would begin with a six-week cease-fire, an exchange of a significant number of Israeli hostages for an even greater number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and Israel ...
The Fall and Fall of Mahmoud Abbas | Foreign Affairs
WEB6 days ago — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas outside Moscow, August 2024. For nearly two decades, Palestinian leadership has been fractured. Along with a basic division between Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, numerous other groups have competed for influence. In late July, leaders of all 14 Palestinian …
Peacekeepers Need Peacemakers | Foreign Affairs
WEB3 days ago — In the context of escalating exchanges of fire between Israel and Lebanon following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the UN Peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon has worked to help avert escalations beyond those that have occurred throughout the ten-month conflict. Preserving cease-fires, protecting civilians, and …