Pinchas Landau writes about Israeli and Global economics, finance and politics
December 20, 2017
After years of blessed boredom, during which Israel was able to watch regional developments from the sidelines with very limited direct involvement, the second half of 2017 has seen a dramatic change. Granted, during this period the pace of events across the entire region has accelerated, but from Israel’s vantage point, the change that has taken place is qualitative, not merely more of the same.
July 18, 2017
This issue examines several topics, whose only common thread is ‘Arabs’, but whose substance is very different. The topics under discussion span both Section A] Regional Developments and also Section B] Domestic Politics.
30th April 2017 This issue is devoted to Section B: Domestic Politics, because much has happened and further developments can be expected– probably culminating in the collapse of the current coalition and the fall of the Likud-led government. The analysis presented takes the view that there is no objective reason for the government to fall so soon and no rational […]
» Read moreJanuary 16, 2017
I will admit, with some pride, that this newsletter is now in its twenty-first year. As I often say to prospective subscribers, if highly intelligent people are still paying to read it, it must be answering a need and I must be doing something right.
January 4, 2017
The Christmas-New Year holiday season is rarely marked by good cheer in the Middle East, let alone peace and goodwill. Yet even given this unhappy norm, the end of 2016 has been characterised by unusually intense activity on almost every front.
» Read moreOctober 6, 2016
This issue is focused on the very wide and multi-faceted topic of Israel-US relations. Always a valid topic, it is especially germane now after the recent signing of a new, ten-year agreement regarding US military aid to Israel — and ahead of the election of a new president.