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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Israel-emerges-as-a-player-on-the-world-stage-462251
Israel Emerges as a Player on the World Stage
(Jerusalem Post) Jonathan Adelman - With eight million people Israel can only play on the fringes of a new global order, but it has a flourishing economy of $300 billion. Its military was rated by the Institute for the Study of War as "pilot to pilot and airframe to airframe" having "the best air force in the world" and the best army in the Middle East. With over 250 foreign companies creating research facilities in Israel, its strong high-tech capability has been rated by the University of Lausanne as one of the top five world powers in this key area. For the tiny and poor 1948 Israel to be able less than 70 years later to play a role among the great powers of the world seems amazing. The writer is a professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.