Changing Roles: Why Countries of Middle East May be Future’s Best-Suited Mediators?

... over 40,000 Russians live there. Limitations Nikita Smagin: The Moscow–Tehran Axis: Alliance without Rigid Obligations When considering all this, it is quite important to mention that regardless of their intentions and pragmatism, nations of the Middle East do not have the leverage to make Russia, Ukraine, and the West sit at a negotiation table and to enforce peace. However, their principal role is different, and it lies in setting up and maintaining proper negotiation process once the time and conditions come. Still, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are ready to offer ...