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  • Russia can’t afford a protracted war in Ukraine

    However, Russia’s intervention in 2015 took the destructive nature of this warfare to unprecedented levels by intensifying the “collective punishment” on civilians. Russia took charge of the skies, freeing up Syrian ground troops to tighten sieges around civilian-populated areas. By 2017, nearly 5 million people were living in besieged and hard-to-reach areas. With Russian Sukhoi jets targeting the areas under siege, civilians could no longer listen for the unmistakable sound of a helicopter coming and take cover.

  • ‘We are enemies’: Ukraine, Russia tensions at Saudi arms fair

    The number of staff at the Ukrainian pavilion was severely diminished by the war, which broke out two weeks ago when Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops and warplanes over the border. A planned delegation of 50 was reduced to just two officials and two volunteers, all based in Riyadh. But even though the Ukrainian display consisted of just two armoured vehicles, it was visited by a string of Western officials, including a delegation from the US embassy.

  • The Ukraine Crisis Could Accelerate a Decoupling in Global Trade

    In the relationship between the West and China, companies have been quite reluctant to go along with any talk of decoupling, whereas they have been taking a very proactive role in response to the crisis in Ukraine, with dozens of companies announcing their withdrawal from the Russian market within days of the invasion. In fact, the impact of corporations’ decisions to withdraw is probably much more acutely felt by ordinary Russians than anything that governments have done so far, which is mostly affecting the banks and the exchange rate.

  • Russia-Ukraine war: Putin has been brutally rebuffed in the Middle East

    It was the first emergency debate the assembly had held for 25 years and the headline result was that as many as 141 states supported the motion and only three states (apart from Russia and Belarus) allied themselves with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression: Eritrea, North Korea and Syria.

  • Most Americans are willing to pay more at the pump for Ukraine

    Overall, 71% of Americans supported a ban on Russian oil even if it resulted in higher gas prices, according to the survey, which was conducted from March 4 to 6. Oil was trading around $130 a barrel on Tuesday, while a regular gallon of gasoline was an average $4.17 at the pump.

  • Compounded stress: The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Middle East and North Africa

    At the top of our concerns are MENA’s already fragile countries — like Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen — where the Ukrainian crisis risks to dramatically jeopardize access to food. Syria imports roughly two-thirds of both its food and oil consumption, and most of its wheat is specifically from Russia. Lebanon imports from Ukraine and Russia over 90% of its grain and only has about a month of grain reserves. Yemen imports about 40% of its wheat from the two countries at war.

  • Saudi, Emirati Leaders Decline Calls With Biden During Ukraine Crisis

    The Saudis have signaled that their relationship with Washington has deteriorated under the Biden administration, and they want more support for their intervention in Yemen’s civil war, help with their own civilian nuclear program as Iran’s moves ahead, and legal immunity for Prince Mohammed in the U.S., Saudi officials said. The crown prince faces multiple lawsuits in the U.S., including over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

  • Opinion: Israel’s fraught Russia-Ukraine balancing act

    Israel's hesitancy on Ukraine is driven, in part, by a need to maintain day-to-day cooperation with Russia in Syria. The Russians, who control much of Syrian air space, have given Israel wide latitude to strike Iranian, Syrian and Lebanese targets in Syria. The arrangement involves a deconfliction mechanism that prevents accidental conflict between Russian and Israeli forces through a real-time communication channel. Add to that Israel's perennial concern about the well-being and security of the 150,000 Jews in Russia, and the argument in favor of maintaining good relations with Putin is a strong one.

  • How African countries voted on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    The vote also indicates division among African countries on the Russia-Ukraine war. While some have strongly condemned Russia’s invasion, most have remained quiet. The African Union on its part has asked Russia to respect international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty. Social media users criticized African countries for abstaining from the vote.

  • The Ukraine War: The Arab World is Not Immune

    Part of the Arab public opposed the Russian invasion on the grounds that Ukraine, as an independent state, should have the right to chart its own foreign policy and choose its security alliances. Another part slammed “western hypocrisy” which supports Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion but calls the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation terrorism.