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However, with collaboration between Iran and Russia deepening, from military exercises to building a drone factory, the Atlantic Council report by Danny Citrinowicz said that “the current situation can create a joint venture between Iran and Russia that may increase their conventional mutual arms sales due to their high production capabilities”.

Liran Antebi oversees high-tech programs and national security issues at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. She has studied the deployment of drone technology in conflicts for over a decade and closely follows Russia's war against Ukraine. But even she was "surprised by the unexpected and complex use of Hamas drones," she said. "This proves that,...

"The purpose of the Israeli army is to prevent the terrorist actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is located in Syria, and the transfer of weapons to another terrorist organization, Hezbollah, which is located in Lebanon," Arkady Mil-Man, the Head of the Russia Program at Tel-Aviv's Institute for National Security Studies and the former Israeli Ambassador to...

Among the more disturbing items in the recent leak of classified Pentagon materials is evidence that Egypt was prepared to manufacture rockets and other munitions for Russia. Yoel Guzansky and Arkady Mil-Man examine this and other revelations about the Kremlin’s relations with the Arab world in light of what is already known about the subject. They find that Vladimir Putin has...

“It’s a low risk, high-reward move that boosts Chinese legitimacy and prestige and Xi Jinping in particular as someone who personally, according to Chinese sources, facilitated this détente,” said Tuvia Gering, a researcher with the Diane and Guilford Glazer Israel-China Policy Center at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv and a nonresident fellow at the...

Last week, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China issued a 12-point position paper outlining its “peace plan” for resolving the conflict. The document was released in the wake of statements by senior US officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, warning that China is...

Arkady Mil-Man, a senior researcher and head of the Russia Program at the Institute for National Security Studies, told the Israel Broadcasting Corporation: "It is unlikely that the Russians will receive this news well. Even today, Israel has refrained from supplying offensive weapons to Ukraine. By doing so from stocks in Israel, Israel has involuntarily supported Ukraine."

The director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, told Channel 12 News on Tuesday night, “The missile strike on a Polish village is a major event and an important test for NATO. The nature of the response will affect Russian motivation later. It is likely that NATO will be content with strong and threatening messages. Nevertheless, there...

Iranian involvement in the Ukraine war through the transfer of drones to Russia is an opportunity for the US administration to change direction and benefit on all fronts. Replacing the lax policy toward Iran with a more aggressive one will exact a price on Tehran for its decision to assist Russia militarily and side with President Vladimir Putin in the head-on confrontation...

As Maj. Gen (res.) Tamir Hayman of the Institute for National Security Studies put it, "Israeli is resolutely opposed to an external interference in border conflicts and the resolution of border issues through external enforcement." That in his opinion is a decisive consideration in not speaking out against Russia.