Research
How does the Hamas-Israel conflict fit into the context of great power politics? What alignment in the Middle East forms the attitudes of Muslim-majority countries in the region towards it? Is it interlinked in some way with the Russia-Ukraine war, and if so, how? Like most recent wars, the Gaza conflict does not stand on its own but is linked to geopolitical developments both in its own region and the rest of the world. This paper attempts to map ther geopolitical connection between the Hamas-Israel conflict and how it might be related to the Russia-Ukraine war.