“In the next four months - and here we're talking about January 20th, 2025 - he could in this short period of time encourage President Zelensky to negotiate with the Russian Federation about a diplomatic solution of the war in Ukraine,” he suggests. “He could encourage the Israelis to attack Iran and drag the US into a conflict that might ultimately involve the Russian Federation.”

For instance, Biden could “give the Ukrainians the green light to use American offensive weapons on their border to hit inside Russia itself” or “encourage the Israelis to attack the oil and gas installations in Iran, threatening world prices.”

“I think in the next four months, Joe Biden has to decide whether he's really going to help Kamala Harris become the next president,” Prof. Siracusa adds. “He's very angry that he was pushed aside, particularly since he seems to have reclaimed his cognitive abilities. We're not sure whether he is cooperating or not or whether he's going to watch the Democratic Party go into the wilderness.”

Russia assumed the annual presidency of the association on January 1. Key priorities within the Russian chairmanship cover cooperation in security efforts, economy and finance, as well as humanitarian and cultural spheres.

Israel was indeed established in 1948 through the force of arms when Jewish settlers managed to prevail in a conflict with the Palestinian Arabs and Arab states that aided the latter, seizing the land that would become Israel and displacing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, thus also laying the foundation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I am looking today forward to the plenary session and listening to what Mr. Putin is going to say, but I'm assuming that he's going to call for stronger coalition, stronger collaboration with the BRICS countries, as they are a very strong bloc," she said.