A chance run-in with a familiar face brings back memories of the war open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...

104: The Valley of Tears

A chance run-in with a familiar face brings back memories from the war

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Israel's attention has been fixed on the war and elections, but key commercial decisions in the Eastern Mediterranean carry real costs for 🇮🇱's long-term energy security. My latest: www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

Israel’s energy blind spot: Why gas export strategy risks long-term security | The Jerusalem Post

Israel expanded its natural gas export agreement with Egypt – the largest in its history – while ENI and TotalEnergies committed Cyprus’s Kronos field to Egyptian liquefaction terminals

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This week I wrote about fair weather friends t.co/qIMCf25Teb

🇮🇱🇹🇷🧵 The Israeli government voted today to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, following a resolution proposed by FM Gideon Sa'ar last week. The proposal now goes to the Knesset plenum for a vote. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Israeli gov't votes to recognize Armenian Genocide | The Jerusalem Post

Turkey denies that the massacres, imprisonment, and forced deportation of Armenians amounted to genocide, and Israel long avoided recognizing it as such due to diplomatic sensitivities.

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My latest substack on the US-Iran MOU and Israel's need to shift its approach in the region gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-102-...

Issue 102: Deal With It

Israel may not like the US-Iran MOU, but it still needs to make the most of it

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In my latest for @gmfus.bsky.social I explain how commercial decisions are outpacing regional diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean and risk locking in vulnerabilities that will be hard to reverse www.gmfus.org/news/eastern...

The Eastern Mediterranean’s Dependency Trap

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I just went 82–0 — think you can go 82-0? www.82-0.com/share?id=Dfu...

🎉 I’m excited and grateful to share that I successfully defended my dissertation and completed my PhD in Planning, Governance, and Globalization at @virginiatech.bsky.social

The war with Iran has birthed a glut of ambitious infrastructure projects - and with them, maps - which I explore in some detail here 👇 gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...

Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor

New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.

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My latest on the Hormuz crisis: competing corridor proposals, political constraints, and why most of them will remain in digital form only. gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...

Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor

New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.

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My latest on the Hormuz crisis: competing corridor proposals, political constraints, and why most of them will remain in digital form only. gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-99-t...

Issue 99: The Map Is Not the Corridor

New maps imagine the future of trade after the Hormuz shock. For now, oil is moving by truck.

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I tried to organize some thoughts on the odd return to routine in Jerusalem gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-97-w...

Issue 97: What Was This All For?

A fragile ceasefire, Lebanon still burning, and questions that won't go away.

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This is an amazing podcast episode about Gaza's Christian community with Georg Rowenkamp open.spotify.com/episode/3Kt2...

🇮🇱 Was grateful to discuss Israel's wartime energy security measures here 👇 www.al-monitor.com/originals/20... via @almonitor.bsky.social

Israel weathers energy shock from Iran war even as world battles crisis

Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz has thrown the global economic system into turmoil, yet Israel, which launched attacks on Tehran alongside the United States, has emerged as a rare exception.S...

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My latest: When diplomacy is abandoned, escalation becomes easier and war becomes harder to contain. open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...

Issue 96: A War Without an Off-Ramp

Without diplomacy, escalation becomes easier and violence becomes harder to contain.

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“𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬.” 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Sharing a few reflections from Jerusalem after the first week of the US/Israel–Iran war gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-95-i...

Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion

Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War

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“𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬.” 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 Sharing a few reflections from Jerusalem after the first week of the US/Israel–Iran war gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-95-i...

Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion

Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War

gabimitchell.substack.com

My reflections on Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion open.substack.com/pub/gabimitc...

Issue 95: Israel, Iran and the Laws of Motion

Escalation and Reaction in the Middle East’s New Regional War

open.substack.com

I wish I spent a bit more time Bsky. Some of my favorite people are here. But there is a clear renewables/fossil fuels divide between Bsky and X and it is challenging enough to pay attention to one, let alone two distinct platforms.

Some quick thoughts and recommended readings on the Iran protests gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-93-w...

Issue 93: What I am reading about the Iran protests

Welcome to 2026.

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🇮🇱🇪🇬 Happy to have offered my two shekels this excellent report by @timesofisrael.com on the consequences of Israel's gas arrangement with Egypt www.timesofisrael.com/as-major-egy...

As major Egypt gas deal burns through reserves, public will end up paying the price

'Historic' $35 billion sale means era of energy independence and cheaper electricity will end about a decade earlier than hoped, experts say, with more large offshore finds unlikely

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We come to drive away the darkness. In our hands are light and fire. Each individual light is small, But together – the light is strong. Praying for the Jewish community of Australia and wishing a speedy recovery to the victims. 🕎

Group Chat was 🔥, peak 🏀 talk entertainment

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Quick Life Update

My latest Substack post reflects on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the emotional range currently being experienced by many Israelis, and what I believe should come next for Israeli society🎗️ gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-92-w...

I can't stop crying. This is a miracle on live television.

Incredible news to wake up to. Here is hoping the deal is executed swiftly and without issue. Everyone deserves a fresh start.

We have reached the "cautious optimism" phase of the negotiations.

Grateful to @warontherocks.bsky.social for sharing my reflections on October 7th and its implications for Israeli foreign policy

Honored to have contributed to @gmfus.bsky.social's compendium on #October7 and its global impact www.gmfus.org/news/long-gl...

The Long Global Shadow of October 7

Hamas’ attack on Israel two years ago and the events unfolding in its wake have reverberated beyond the Middle East. The war in Gaza; the spillover into Houthi attacks in the Red Sea; escalation of te...

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Hard to believe that two years have passed. Praying for better days for us all. 🎗️