New Research Reveals a Dangerous Gap Between Israeli Perception and Geopolitical Reality Eighty percent of Israelis see Turkey as a threat. Yet only about 6% name the actors best positioned to check it. That gap is more than a polling curiosity—it may be shaping…
How Financial Oligarchy Turned Capitalism Into a System for Producing Subjectlessness Wells’s Prophecy Fulfilled in Reverse In H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, humanity splits into two species: the beautiful, carefree Eloi living in gardens on Earth’s surface, and the grotesque Morlocks operating underground machines….
Two national surveys conducted by the Dor Moria Center in 2025—June’s “Arab-Israeli Conflict: Israeli Public Opinion” and October’s “Trump’s Gaza Plan: Israeli Attitudes”—tell a consistent story of cognitive dissonance. Both studies surveyed over 1,000 respondents each. The surveys, based on questionnaires developed by the…
Abstract This Dor Moria study examines a core strategic contradiction in U.S. Middle East policy: engaging the transnational Muslim Brotherhood (MB) while claiming to combat Islamism. We argue that the MB—an ideological incubator for Al-Qaeda and ISIS—has become a tool of managed instability as…
Two Conceptions of the State The Dor Moriah analytical center has conducted sociological research for several years studying Israel’s social divisions. We identified a form of division that we’ve designated with the metaphor of the “ontological bubble.” This is a model describing the formation…
Background: Gulf Monarchies, Israel, and the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) – a transnational Islamist movement – is viewed as a dire threat by many Middle Eastern regimes. Gulf monarchies such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt have outlawed the MB as…
The SCO summit in Tianjin, Beijing’s massive military parade, and the emergency BRICS meeting weren’t just diplomatic events. They marked the moment when a four-century-old system finally gave way. Farewell to Illusions The 1648 Peace of Westphalia gave us a simple formula: states control…
Igor Kaminnyk New research from the Dor Moriah think tank reveals a striking disconnect: while policy experts debate grand strategy, ordinary Israelis have completely tuned out the geopolitical “great game”—and Israel’s right-wing establishment is quietly preparing for a future without reliable allies The Dor…
Israel’s right wing is turning up the heat on Donald Trump and Washington, frustrated by what it sees as an unpredictable White House too eager to cut deals that cross their red lines: no Palestinian state, no extended cease-fires, and complete military freedom for…
Expert Assessment of the Trump–Putin Summit and Its Implications for Israeli Strategic Interests Preliminary findings ahead of a nationwide Israeli public opinion survey 1. Introduction The Dor Moriah think tank conducted an expert survey from August 10–12, 2025, to forecast potential outcomes of the…