According to reports published by TheMarker and Haaretz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the strategic implications of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and regional developments. The letter demonstrates that the debate surrounding IMEC and initiatives designed to bypass Israel has reached the highest levels of government. The letter focuses primarily on international developments, the Abraham Accords, and U.S. policy. Yet it also raises a broader strategic question: Is Israel concentrating mainly on what other countries are doing, or is it investing enough in strengthening its own competitive advantages?

In two articles published in The Times of Israel on June 5 and June 13, I suggested that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and........

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