Safety or Strategy? Explaining Israel’s Intervention in Post-Assad Syria

Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024, Israel wasted no time in launching an incursion across the Syrian border, capturing military posts and the strategic peak of Mount Hermon. This action, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed, was a “temporary” measure to “ensure that no hostile force embeds itself right next to the border of Israel.” However, after an entire year of occupation without any major threats emerging at the border, Israel has not withdrawn.

GlobeEzra RubinMarch 19, 2026israel, syria, ezra rubin, foreign policy, assadComment

Conflict in the Caucasus: How Century’s Old Policy Still Affects the Region Today

On September 19th, 2023, Azerbaijan launched a swift invasion into the Armenian breakaway Republic of Artsakh, forcing its capitulation the next day. Over one hundred thousand Armenians fled the region in the following days, in what Armenia has claimed to be an effort by the Azerbaijani government to ethnically cleanse the Armenian population in the region. The conflict over the small mountainous region, which had raged for 35 years, ended in just one day.

GlobeEzra RubinApril 18, 2024ezra rubin, artsakh, caucasusComment