The leaders of some of Eurasia’s most influential countries have gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. Regional security, ongoing conflicts, trade, connectivity, and the organisation’s future direction are expected to dominate the discussions. The summit is particularly significant because the SCO is marking its 25th anniversary this year. Kyrgyzstan is…
Online entertainment has become a revealing case study in American technology, as regulated digital platforms depend on software, payments, cybersecurity, data analysis, geolocation and identity systems. You can see that connection clearly in Michigan, where regulated digital entertainment has developed into a large market with sophisticated technical requirements. That market also offers a useful way…
Despite its growing regional influence, the organisation emphasised its non-military character, saying members reject bloc-based and confrontational approaches to international and regional issues. Beyond the main declaration, leaders signed more than 20 additional documents covering security, drug trafficking, technology, transport, energy and environmental cooperation. The agreements include measures to strengthen regional security, combat drug trafficking,…
In the not-so-distant past, Israeli workers reported daily with pride to factory assembly lines, feeling that they were contributing to building the country. As the young nation established itself and its economic situation improved, Palestinian workers took their place, as Israelis no longer performed physical labor. After October 7, when Palestinian entry into Israel was…
Abstract Strategic competition and war are reshaping the routes linking the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean. The Indo-Mediterranean is best understood as the space formed by the movement of goods, energy and data, and by the security arrangements that sustain them. It is more than a commercial corridor. Its viability depends on infrastructure, political alignment…
TEL AVIV Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Aug. 31 it had signed a deal with Athens worth approximately 3 billion euros (almost $3.5 billion) to set up the “Achilles Shield” aerial defense system for Greece. “Under the deal, Israel will build Greece a comprehensive, multi-layered air defense array, drawing entirely on Israeli-made systems and…
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Eurasia is becoming less about distance and more about connection, where trade routes are expanding, supply chains are being redirected, and countries that once dealt with each other mainly through diplomacy are increasingly connected by investment, transport, energy and technology. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which marks its 25th anniversary this year, is one of…
Interceptors chase an Iranian missile (Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP) The deal with Greece is considered unusual not only because of its financial scope. Unlike previous agreements in which Israeli companies supplied air defense systems abroad, under the new agreement Rafael and IAI will build Greece a multilayered air defense network designed to protect it against a…
Introduction: In December 2025, Israel and Egypt announced the signing of a new gas deal that significantly expanded their pre-existing 2018 agreement and extended its duration through 2040. The two countries also formally reapproved amendments to the trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Egypt, Israel, and the European Union in 2022, under which Israel…
Iran’s energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video clip. There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack. The White House and the U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond…
