https://www.scmp.com/rss/517039/feed Shlomo Roiter Jesner is the president and co-founder of the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum. He is also the CEO of London-based F&R Strategy Group, a geopolitical consultancy at the intersection of politics and business. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As the Israel-Hamas war rages in the Middle East, the international community is debating the extent to which this conflict might spiral into a regional catastrophe. For Israel, this war is its most existentially threatening since its 1948 War of Independence. For the world, the stakes have not been higher since the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel and Egypt, when Russian and American intervention took it to the brink of atomic war. The current war began on October 7 with a surprise attack by... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239699/israel-gaza-war-how-china-prioritising-politics-over-economic-interests-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3239699/israel-gaza-war-how-china-prioritising-politics-over-economic-interests-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:30:08 +0000