Israel Risks a Pyrrhic Victory Over Hamas

The fallout from the war could endanger more regimes than the one in Gaza.

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After the’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7, Israel could no longer tolerate Hamas’ control over the Gaza Strip, but the cost of toppling Hamas is so high that victory could end up being a Pyrrhic one. Israel faces two key challenges: dismantling the Hamas regime while minimizing civilian casualties and establishing a new order in […]

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Kamran Bokhari
Kamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari