Russia-Ukraine War: Global Implications and Israel's Unique Role – IWAS Briefing

Miri delivers a comprehensive analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war, considering it a world-changing event with implications surpassing the local or regional scale. She outlines how Russia’s invasion under Putin is rooted in deep-set ambitions to reclaim world power status, emphasizing Russia’s use of military, cyber, and information warfare—as well as overt nuclear threats—consistent with long-developed Russian military doctrine. Miri explores how Putin’s decision-making is centralized and unchallenged, and how Russia’s identity as an Orthodox Christian power plays a role on the global stage, including in the Middle East.