Valdai Club

Akhmet Yarlykapov

Hiroshi Yamazoe

Andrei Yemelyanov

Natalia Yurova

Guney Yildiz

Amos Yadlin

Vitaly Yermakov

Feng Yujun

Pyotr Yakovlev

Amos Yadlin

Israel

Major General (ret.), Executive Director of Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Materials

Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: When Concessions Are Impossible

That Israel is now experiencing a moment of heightened political, economic, and military power is no excuse to avoid dealing with the Palestinian issue; rather it is a window of opportunity to settle the conflict under favorable conditions.

Western Coalition and Israel: Two Separate Conflicts in Syria

The Western coalition clashed with the regime of Bashar al-Assad following the latter’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma, while Israel is waging a campaign against Iranian efforts to build up strategic capabilities in Syria, Valdai Club expert Amos Yadlin writes.

Iranian Force Building in Syria and Threat to Israel

Iranian intervention in Syria was not charity and Iran plans to benefit from the risks and losses it took. What does it hope to get? For now the financial dividends are limited but Syria does offer geostrategic opportunities to increase pressure on one of Tehran's major regional foes - Israel.