Elimination of Hamas members will open their positions to new recruits. These youth will be hardened by the civilian casualties and eager for the next Jihad.
A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 11, 2023, shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment on northern Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images
The Israel–Hamas conflict is getting uglier, with no real end in sight.
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).