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Sep 29, 2024, 5:30 PM

Israel’s War and Western’s Geopolitical Liability

The ongoing war in Gaza and the new war with Hezbollah do provide an opportunity for Israel to eliminate the real threats that exist around Israel. The destruction of Gaza down to the underground rat routes that are often...

Mar 20, 2024, 8:40 AM

Putin’s victory and the lessons of democracy

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, a politician and former Russian spy who will turn 72 in October this year, is ahead with 87 percent of the vote in the Russian presidential election, according to vote count data announced by the Russian...

Dec 4, 2023, 11:18 AM

United States, India, Indonesia, and Global Democracy

2024 will be a testing year for democratic government systems in the world. The reason is that three large countries that adhere to a democratic system of government will hold general elections, where one of the election participants in...

Nov 20, 2023, 12:39 PM

Delegitimizing Hamas is Key

Even though there is massive resistance in many countries, Israel's invasion and attacks on Gaza are quite difficult to stop. The problem lies with Hamas. Stopping attacks on Gaza means giving Hamas a break to breathe, then reorganizing the...

Oct 15, 2023, 5:52 PM

Israel’s Revenge or US Geopolitical Disaster?

"The firm view of the Islamic Republic is that the governments that are gambling on normalizing relations with the Zionist regime will suffer losses. Defeat awaits them. They are making a mistake," as delivered by Iran's great spiritual leader,...

Oct 12, 2023, 11:13 AM

Israel’s Intelligence Failures and Its Geopolitical Risks in the Middle East

In her analysis on the Foreign Affairs on October 11 2023, intelligence expert from the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Amy Zegart, wrote that one of the fatal causes of Hamas's surprise attack on Israeli territory was the failure of...

Oct 10, 2023, 11:18 AM

How Hamas Exploits the Geopolitical Gap in Middle East

The Middle East is heating up again following the sudden attack by the Palestinian armed group Hamas on Israel near the Gaza border on Saturday (7/10/2023). The attack was claimed by Hamas as an aggressive and strategic step in...

Apr 1, 2023, 2:49 PM

Indonesia Finally Got The Lesson

The World Cup Under 20 (U-20) was finally canceled in Indonesia. Even though the Chairman of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), Erick Tohir, had lobbied and met directly with the FIFA chairman, Indonesia still failed to change the final...

Dec 31, 2022, 11:46 AM

Bad Boy is Back

Netanyahu and his right-wing allies won a total of 64 seats out of the 120 seat Israeli parliament in the election the other day. His Likud party won 32 seats, while the ultra-Orthodox party won 18 seats, and other right-wing...

Feb 25, 2022, 6:24 AM

Putin’s Aggressive Steps in Ukraine

After Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, Angela Merkel commented that Putin is a 19th century leader who lived and reigned in the 21st century. Regarding how Putin views the former Soviet Union member countries, Angela indeed is not wrong....

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Doctor of Sociology from Padjadjaran University, Indonesia. Defense and Environment Observer.