Op Eds & Articles

In June 2024, Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto hinted at developments we should expect in Israel-Indonesia relations relations under his leadership, and on the role Indonesia could play in contributing to a more peaceful and secure Middle East.

Here, the Israel-Asia Center’s founder and executive director, Rebecca Zeffert, explores this and issues a call to action to our friends in Indonesia.

Op-ed in The Jerusalem Post by Israel-Asia Center’s founder & executive director, Rebecca Zeffert, on how we are connecting Israel and Indonesia, despite the lack of diplomatic ties, and where the untapped potential lies between these two countries.

Trans–Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject–matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy.  This conversation with Rebecca Zeffert – Founder and Executive Director of the Israel–Asia Center in Jerusalem – is 140th in “The Trans–Pacific View Insight Series.”

Photo credit: GPO

Japan is effectively leading a double life – constantly strengthening connections with both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, writes Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship alum, Gilad Kabilo, in Israel’s Calcalist.

Photo credit: GPO/Kobi Gideon

Abe’s landslide victory and Japan’s security challenges present significant opportunities for Israeli security capabilities to find new markets in Japan, in a way that they never could before, writes Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship alum, Gilad Kabilo, in The Jerusalem Post.

Photo credit: GPO

2014-15 Israel-Asia Leaders Fellow, Iren Reznikov, weighs in on why the highest levels of female entrepreneurship are in Asia.

Published in Medium.com
Photo by Wayne S. Grazio

The recently signed bilateral investment treaty between Japan and Israel is an important part of Israel’s “pivot to Asia”. But unless Israel negotiates the obstacles along the way, it will never realize the full potential of trade with the world’s third-largest economy.

China-Saudi Arabia ties are seeing more political-military cooperation, but oil continues to dominate, writes Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship alum, Wang Jin, in The Diplomat.

Photo credit: U.S. State Department

Chinese conglomerate Kuang-Chi recently announced it is investing $20M in Eyesight, an Israeli machine vision and gesture recognition company – yet another example of the growing China-Israel tech collaboration.

In an interview with World Politics Review, Israel-Asia Center board member, Emanuel Shahaf, discusses Israel’s ties with Singapore, following Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent visit to Israel.