Ofer Israeli

The author teaches at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. During the years 2009-2011 he was a visiting researcher at the Center for Peace & Security Studies (CPASS) in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS). His postdoctoral research is in the field of international relations.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance meet at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month. US politics has transformed Israel into a volatile symbol of domestic partisan identity, the writer asserts.

Israel must pivot from US partisanship dependent on Republican loyalty - opinion

The more Israel is perceived as a purely partisan Republican project, the harder it will be to restore cross-party trust, risking the long-term erosion of legitimacy.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while addressing a joint news conference with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, April 30, 2018.

Back to Pax Americana?

The conclusions in the military context are numerous but can be summed up: Russia and China have not yet pushed the US out of the global arena.

JUNE 18, 2018

Vladimir Putin and a cityscape of Tel Aviv

The dynamics of the Israeli-American-Russian triangle

The US leadership vacuum was exploited by Russia, are these times over?

MAY 20, 2018

The developing triad of powers in the Mideast and Israel's foreign policy

The gradually developing triad of powers in the Middle East is a challenge to Israel’s foreign policy.

JULY 9, 2017

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin (right) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow in 2015.

The Israeli peace initiative

The Arab Peace Initiative was ratified in the Arab League summit in Beirut in March 2007.

JUNE 26, 2017

PRO-PEACE DEMONSTRATORS take part in a march in October. The author argues that Israel needs to concentrate on making peace with the Palestinians.

A new world order

The 9/11 attacks led to a broadening of US influence in the Middle East, disrupted the regional power balance and caused the Arab Spring to break out.

JANUARY 24, 2017

Obama delivers his final address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Did Bush save America?

The former president reaffirmed the US's world power status.

APRIL 22, 2010