Russia: the Power Broker in the Middle East?
Russia and its partners can arguably win the war, but they cannot ... ... trade and investment, in energy and in tourism. The second was Iran — another difficult ally, which played an active role in ... ... Afghanistan to the problem of the Caspian Sea partition. The third was Israel, with is large Russian and Russian-speaking diaspora and ... ... stability of the region started to crumble in the wake of the Arab Spring. The changing situation presented Moscow both new challenges ...
22.11.2018