Nir Levitan

Nir Levitan, PhD, is a researcher and lecturer affiliated with Bar-Ilan University.

 FRIGATE ‘HESSEN’ is sent off to the Red Sea from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, earlier this year.

How Germany’s expanded naval role could bolster regional security – opinion

This photograph taken with a drone shows Palestinian houses and buildings at the Beach refugee camp in Gaza City on April 7, 2021.

Toward regional stability in the Middle East- opinion

 A view of the flags of Finland, NATO and Sweden during a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022.

Sweden's membership in NATO has great implications for the alliance - opinion


Nordic winter is coming and so are the fears of security of gas supply - opinion

There is growing concern over the security of the gas supply lines of the Norwegian gas rigs as winter approaches.

 The Goleniow Gas Compressor Station during the opening of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline between Norway, Denmark and Poland in September

Yemen and Iran

A displaced Yemeni boy is seen at a refugee camp located between Marib and Sanaa, Yemen March 29, 2018.

Changing tides in Scandinavia–Israel relations

Scandinavians no longer fear the implications of economic ties with Israel.

The flag of Denmark

The risky business of Swedish policy in the Middle East

The Iranians, who have already learned about Swedish aid to Kurdish forces operating under US and Saudi auspices in Iraq, sent a message to the Swedes during Lofven’s visit.

SWEDEN’S PRIME MINISTER Stefan Lofven welcomes Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden last year.

Denmark in the Middle East

It may be assumed that Denmark’s military involvement in Syria will be according to American considerations.

ISIS fighter beheading boy, 16, in Syria