Raphael Cohen

1 month ago | letemps.ch | Raphael Cohen

2 min. de lecture Imaginez ceci: vous réservez un hôtel «avec vue sur mer». Une fois sur place, vous découvrez qu’il faut non seulement sortir sur le balcon, mais aussi se pencher dangereusement pour apercevoir un minuscule bout d’eau. Déception garantie. Eh bien, la marque employeur, c’est souvent la même chose. Une belle promesse, un storytelling léché, mais une réalité qui laisse à désirer. Résultat?

1 month ago | rand.org | Raphael Cohen

Over the last few weeks, a lot of ink has been spilled on the Trump administration's “day after” plans for Gaza. Less attention, though, has been focused on evaluating what might happen to Gaza if Israel and Hamas were to agree to a deal to end the current war after a final hostages-for-prisoners exchange. The short answer is that it's not good. On its present course, Hamas would likely rebuild, Gaza would remain in ruins, and a durable peace settlement would be all but impossible.

1 month ago | foreignpolicy.com | Raphael Cohen

Over the last few weeks, a lot of ink has been spilled on the Trump administration’s “day after” plans for Gaza. Less attention, though, has been focused on evaluating what might happen to Gaza if Israel and Hamas were to agree to a deal to end the current war after a final hostages-for-prisoners exchange. The short answer is that it’s not good. On its present course, Hamas would likely rebuild; Gaza would remain in ruins; and a durable peace settlement would be all but impossible.

2 months ago | foreignaffairs.com | Abigail McGowan |Joshua Kurlantzick |Emma Ashford |Raphael Cohen

At last week’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, newly minted U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the position of the U.S. government was that Ukraine will not join NATO. Although greeted with horror by some in Washington and in European capitals, Hegseth’s remarks were in fact more a public statement of reality than a genuine change in policy.

2 months ago | almendron.com | Raphael Cohen

As the war in Ukraine reaches its third anniversary, it has increasingly become defined by one particular kind of warfare: strategic bombing. Russia has incessantly targeted Ukraine’s energy grid and attacked population centers near the frontlines using Iskander missiles and Shahed drones. Ukraine has aimed U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile Systems and a plethora of domestically produced drones at Russian oil depots and weapons manufacturers.