... too many common interests.
It turns out it is too early to claim the US has undermined its relations with its regional allies, yet the Iraq problem is still there – America withdrew only to return, and there appeared new sources of trouble in Syria and Libya. And these challenges are far more serious than “Iran’s continued rise” and “Russia’s expanding role” in the Middle East that Leverett chose to draw his readers’ attention to.
In reality, Obama’s ...
Russia’s air strikes in Syria have caused a 70% slump in militants’ trafficking in crude oil and oil products, the science doyen of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Oriental Studies Institute, Vitaly Naumkin, said on Wednesday.
"More than 300 facilities involved ...
President of the Russian International Affairs Council and former Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has expressed a hope that Washington's policy on Syria will change after the US presidential election.
"In recent months, we can see that US diplomacy is controlled by internal political battles and its decisions are primarily motivated by the results of the upcoming election. The most obvious ...
... discourages our friends."
Kosachev retorted that "the most incredible thing is that this is not hypocrisy, because a possible US President really believes in what she is saying, even after [the events] in former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya and Syria."
Additionally, he pointed to the extract in the article where Clinton claims that "Russia and China can't begin to compare" when it comes to America's "network of alliances, built up with decades of diplomacy."
It seems ...
China may become the main financial force to rebuild Syria once the conflict will have been settled, the rebuilding will require $600 bln, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vitaly Naumkin said.
"China will be the main player here as it is impossible to ...
... the most vivid recent examples of that degrading relationship have been exhibited within the UNSC itself. On the general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; · settlements and their legality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; · implementation of resolution 1559 in Lebanon; · ongoing hostilities in Yemen; · problems within South Sudan; · activities of MINUSCA in the ...
President of the Russian International Affairs Council and former Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has expressed a hope that Washington's policy on Syria will change after the US presidential election.
"In recent months, we can see that US diplomacy is controlled by internal political battles and its decisions are primarily motivated by the results of the upcoming election. The most obvious ...
... of both alliances and the Lebanese Orthodox believers are members of different parties on both sides of the ephemeral “March barrier.” The same is true (with some reservations) of Armenians. The key divisive factor – the memory of Syria’s presence in Lebanon – has long receded into the past. The relationship with one of the virtual regional blocs (pro-Saudi and pro-Iranian) is now more relevant, but it too does not correlate with the interests, for example, of Lebanese ...
... the front to be disciplined, but for all this many admire him secretly and even want to emulate him. Who is more likely to win on November 8 and what should Russia do during the pause between election day and inauguration day in the US?
Cooperation on Syria has been suspended. What went wrong?
From the very start, the US Administration was divided over the Syria ceasefire deal between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry. The US Department of State and the Pentagon ...
... following points: the restoration of Russia’s trade and economic cooperation with Turkey is not going quite as fast as Turkey had hoped; energy remains the basis for relations between the two countries; and, given the interests of both countries, the Syrian crisis will contribute to furthering the dialogue and shaping a positive agenda.
In global politics, great attention is paid when relations between states escalate or normalize, particularly when we are talking about states that could, under favourable ...
