2016 – Contours of the New Reality

... accumulating for a long time in response to moderate election platforms and routine rhetoric from the entrenched establishment. Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election became symbols of these changes. The referendum in Great ... ... relations are unlikely to improve dramatically in the next year. The trends of the past few years continued to prevail in the Middle East in 2016. The first of them is the consolidation of the role of regional powers, primarily Iran and Turkey. The second trend is the ability of the Syrian army to achieve considerable success in the Russian-backed struggle against the radicals. Aleppo’s liberation demonstrated ...