With the U.S. reducing its military presence in the Levant to a fraction compared to the massive footprint it had in the region during the campaigns in Iraq and against Daesh, and with Russia preoccupied with its failed war in Ukraine, it would seem unlikely that tensions between the two powers would rise here, away from the European Theatre of Operations. Yet this is what happened, when Russian pilots flew too close for comfort to American planes over Syria, and American patrols came under fire by Russian-affiliated groups. Is it by design or neglect, and can it escalate further into a major confrontation?
Host - Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at ICT, Reichman University
Panel:
1. Col. (Ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Powers-in-Play Panelist, JISS VP and Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
2. Brigadier General (Res.) Doron Gavish, Former Air Defense Chief, Israel Air Force
3. Analyst Mr. Amir Oren
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With the U.S. reducing its military presence in the Levant to a fraction compared to the massive footprint it had in the region during the campaigns in Iraq and against Daesh, and with Russia preoccupied with its failed war in Ukraine, it would seem unlikely that tensions between the two powers would rise here, away from the European Theatre of Operations. Yet this is what happened, when Russian pilots flew too close for comfort to American planes over Syria, and American patrols came under fire by Russian-affiliated groups. Is it by design or neglect, and can it escalate further into a major confrontation?
Host - Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at ICT, Reichman University
Panel:
1. Col. (Ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Powers-in-Play Panelist, JISS VP and Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
2. Brigadier General (Res.) Doron Gavish, Former Air Defense Chief, Israel Air Force
3. Analyst Mr. Amir Oren
Infrastructure Sabotage - Could The Mideast Copy Europe? Jerusalem Studio 780
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2 years ago
Infrastructure Sabotage - Could The Mideast Copy Europe? Jerusalem Studio 780
Earlier this month, a huge dam on the Dnipro River, in the Kherson region occupied by Russian forces in South-Eastern Ukraine, was blown up, flooding vast areas. Each side in the war predictably blamed the other, but the weight of motive and opportunity pointed to Russia, as it was in the process of hampering the imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive.
While not unprecedented, such acts in war are rare, in modern times. Are they effective? Moral? Legal - could their perpetrators be tried as war criminals? And considering all of the above, is the threat of going to such extremes credible as a deterrent against a comparable act, such as the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction?
This is an issue of universal implications, but it has a specific relevance to the Middle East, with its dams over the Nile, the Euphrates and the Tigris, along with other rivers and waterways. Should policymakers and planners in the region be concerned, lest someone, perhaps a terror group rather than a nation-state, try to emulate the Dnipro sabotage?
Panel:
- Host: Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, Co-Panelist of TV7 Powers-in-Play, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at the ICT, Reichman University.
- Amir Oren, Editor at Large, Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play.
- Maj. Gen. (Res.) Guy Zur, former IDF Ground Forces Chief and General Staff Head of Planning.
- Brig. Gen. (Res.) Doron Gavish, Former Air Defense Chief, Israel Air Force.
Articles on the topic:
https://www.tv7israelnews.com/ukraine-calls-on-israel-to-help-fight-russia/
https://www.tv7israelnews.com/un-russias-ukraine-referendums-illegal/
https://www.tv7israelnews.com/intl-concerns-rise-over-possible-russian-war-crimes-in-ukraine/
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Jerusalem Studio
With the U.S. reducing its military presence in the Levant to a fraction compared to the massive footprint it had in the region during the campaigns in Iraq and against Daesh, and with Russia preoccupied with its failed war in Ukraine, it would seem unlikely that tensions between the two powers would rise here, away from the European Theatre of Operations. Yet this is what happened, when Russian pilots flew too close for comfort to American planes over Syria, and American patrols came under fire by Russian-affiliated groups. Is it by design or neglect, and can it escalate further into a major confrontation?
Host - Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, TV7 Powers-in-Play Panelist, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at ICT, Reichman University
Panel:
1. Col. (Ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Powers-in-Play Panelist, JISS VP and Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
2. Brigadier General (Res.) Doron Gavish, Former Air Defense Chief, Israel Air Force
3. Analyst Mr. Amir Oren
