{"id":2738,"date":"2025-04-30T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:01:37","slug":"ciga-publishes-issue-no-3-of-geopolitical-bridgesgpb-focusing-on-the-israeli-war-on-gaza-and-its-global-regional-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/ciga-publishes-issue-no-3-of-geopolitical-bridgesgpb-focusing-on-the-israeli-war-on-gaza-and-its-global-regional-impacts\/","title":{"rendered":"CIGA Publishes Issue No. 3 of Geopolitical Bridges(GPB), Focusing on the Israeli War on Gaza and Its Global\/Regional Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2738\" class=\"elementor elementor-2738\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5afa8cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5afa8cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6473fb\" data-id=\"b6473fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cec61fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cec61fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Editorial Note<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>By: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/professor-sami-al-arian\/\"><strong>Prof. Sami Al-Arian<\/strong><\/a><strong>, CIGA Director <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6cf4e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6cf4e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3dc358\" data-id=\"f3dc358\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44db3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e44db3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Geopolitical Bridges (GPB) is a publication that aims to bring together the understanding of geopolitics and international relations in order to grasp the practical implications of major events and critical transformations taking place around the world. After the eruption of Al-Aqsa Flood operation last October, the protracted Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and onslaught has once again become one of the most consequential issues that can have a great impact not only on the MENA region, but also globally. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">The current GPB issue includes 13 different briefs on this intractable conflict with keen focus on the impact of the dreadful Israeli Genocidal War on Gaza. The articles present different perspectives carefully culled from major publications that were originally written in ten different languages, including English, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Russian, and Chinese, among others. Such wide perspectives written in different languages and contexts are rarely available to a wide range of audiences around the world, which make this issue very valuable, informative, and insightful. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Furthermore, the current issue continues our tradition of introducing GPB main sections, namely, Geopolitical Concepts, Scholars &amp; Thinkers, and relevant Book Reviews. Hence, we explain in this issue the important geopolitical concepts of Realpolitik, Weltpolitik, Lebensraum, and Grossraum. In addition, we discuss the important contributions of two major geopolitical thinkers, one from the 20th century, while the other from the 15th \u201316th centuries, namely the German Carl Schmitt (d. 1985) and the Turk Piri Reis (d. 1554). <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Finally, we discuss two important books related to the theme of this issue. The first is a presentation of Tim Marshall\u2019s chapter on \u201cIsrael and Palestine\u201d in his seminal work \u201cThe Age of Walls: How Barriers Between Nations are Changing our World.\u201d The second is a review of an important book titled \u201cDecolonizing Israel, liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State,\u201d by Israeli-American anthropologist, author, and activist Jeff Halper. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">The issue is lengthy and intense, but very enjoyable to read, while the extent of valuable information and degree of analysis contained make it indispensable and worthwhile. <\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: #c00000; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">PDF DOWNLOAD: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediafire.com\/file\/c0dokht9zc86vtk\/The+Geopolitical+Bridges.+Issue+3.pdf\/file\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">LINK<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5343afa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5343afa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bc8091\" data-id=\"1bc8091\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c9cb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79c9cb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gpb-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2748\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gpb-3.jpg 398w, https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/gpb-3-138x300.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Note By: Prof. Sami Al-Arian, CIGA Director Geopolitical Bridges (GPB) is a publication that aims to bring together the understanding of geopolitics and international relations in order to grasp the practical implications of major events and critical transformations taking place around the world. 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