Author: Kabir Taneja
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Can a ‘New’ Middle East Survive the ‘Old’?
In March 2018, an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off from New Delhi bound for Tel Aviv. This not only marked the first commercial flight between the two capitals, but more importantly, it became the first service to Israel allowed to cross Saudi Arabia’s airspace. This was the outcome of deft diplomacy, and it…
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From Gaza to Tehran: Illusions and delusions of a ‘new’ Middle East
Image Source: Getty The killing of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar by the Israeli military in the southern Gaza Strip was an inevitable outcome. Since October last year, a core aim for Israel has been to eliminate, and consequently degrade, Hamas hierarchically. After Ismail Haniyeh and Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, Sinwar was perhaps the final wild…