In this season of Israel In Depth, host and Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center, Professor Dov Waxman, will discuss various facets of the unfolding Israel–Hamas War with a range of experts across disciplines and backgrounds with the goal of helping listeners understand this conflict in all of its complexities.
About the Episode
In this episode, Prof. Dov Waxman and Dr. Daniel Sobelman from the University of Jerusalem, Israel, discuss the dangerous potential for confrontations between Israel and Iranian-backed groups—including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen—to spiral into a larger war in the region. Watch this episode on YouTube.
About the Guest Speaker
Dr. Daniel Sobelman is a Fellow with the Middle East Initiative and an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where he teaches about coercion, war, and the international relations of the Middle East. His research revolves around asymmetric coercion, specifically in the context of contemporary Middle Eastern conflicts. Daniel is currently completing a book manuscript on asymmetric deterrence and "rules of the game" as exemplified in conflicts involving "resistance" actors in the region, including the Lebanese Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Yemen's Houthi rebels. Dr. Sobelman previously worked as Haaretz's Arab Affairs correspondent. He has published articles in Foreign Policy, International Security, Contemporary Security Policy, Middle East Policy, and more.
DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions of our guest speakers and the content of their presentations do not necessarily reflect the views of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. Hosting speakers does not constitute an endorsement of the speaker's views or opinions.
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Duration: 00:43:05