Gaza to Kyiv, via Washington: How 2 wars and 1 election intersect

For Israel, American elections have resulted in greater impunity, and for Ukraine, the elections have meant a desperate effort for more support.

Moscow and Kyiv, Tel Aviv and Tehran have little in common with Detroit and Scranton, Phoenix and Atlanta. Beirut and Gaza, Pokrovsk and Kursk, have little in common with Milwaukee and Las Vegas and Raleigh. Yet, the fate of Russia and Ukraine, Iran and Israel, indeed the very future of Europe and West Asia and the global security architecture, rests on how swing voters in swing counties of seven swing states of America vote in the presidential elections. And it

Domestic American politics has always shaped international politics, from the days of the US’s late but game-changing entry into the two world wars to the American posture during the Cold War. (Getty Images via AFP)