Tag: russia

In this episode, Dr. Haim Koren, a diplomat and Middle East scholar, returns for a conversation about the civil war in Sudan. The conversation covers the causes of the war, the extensive international involvement in the conflict, and its implications for the regional and global balance of power, including for Israel.

The episode hosts Dr. Yael Finko, a former senior official in the defense establishment and currently a researcher at Bar-Ilan University and a cyber expert. The conversation deals with Iran's efforts to influence and spy on Israel, beyond the familiar military threats like missiles and proxy organizations. Finko analyzes Tehran's concept of "soft power," its methods in the fields of cyber and human espionage, and the psychology behind recruiting Israeli agents.

The episode features Alex Grinberg, an expert on Iran. The conversation begins with an incident in which an Azeri passenger plane was hit over Chechnya, and from there develops into a discussion about Russia's conduct, Azerbaijan's diplomacy, and the possible implications of Turkey's growing strength in Syria for Israel's northern border.

“stat” in the word “statistics” means “state”, as in “government/sovereignty”. Statistics was born as a state effort to use data to rule a country. Even today, every country I know...