The new sanctions package will be extremely painful for the Russian economy, but it’s two years too late to be a gamechanger. In a global context, however, it increases the risk of the fragmentation of the financial system. Washington introduced yet another package of sanctions against Russia’s financial, energy, and …

Through a narrow opening no more than 50 centimeters wide, without any safety equipment, Hussein enters the heart of the primitive fuel refining stations (burners) every day, inhaling toxic gases and emitted chemical odors. He faces them with a scarf that does not protect him from severe bronchitis. Inside an …

Hamas is preserving its forces in Rafah rather than engaging the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), likely because Hamas does not believe Israel’s Rafah operation will be decisive.[i] Israeli journalists traveling with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Rafah reported that Hamas fighters are avoiding becoming decisively engaged, and that Hamas’ …