Instability Spreads As Israel's Military Campaigns Escalate

Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

23-Jul-25 08:45

Instability Spreads As Israel's Military Campaigns Escalate

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Israel’s prolonged war on Gaza and expanding strikes in Syria are reshaping the region’s geopolitical fault lines, deepening humanitarian crises and igniting fresh instability. Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, weighs in on the deepening turmoil in the Middle East.

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Categories: international, government, politics, controversies

Tags: israel, syria, gaza, geopolitics, humanitarian crisis, turmoil, middle east tensions,

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