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By Zhyldyz Oskonbaeva (RIEAS Senior Advisor & Eurasian Liaison) On a number of levels, the situation between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the ethnic Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey is creating a power shift that no one is discussing. In this article, I will explain why: 1) The Kurds have an unprecedented opportunity to achieve a political homeland; 2) Tehran's strategy ...
... the 2014 NATO summit, at which the alliance made no bones about its ambitions to further increase its influence in Europe, what long-term implications do Putin’s warnings in 2008 have for security, the escalation or minimization of the Ukraine crisis, and relations between Russia and the West? D.T.: I think Putin was genuinely sincere in his warnings: If Ukraine moves toward NATO, Moscow will cease to support its territorial integrity – and this really happened when Putin came to the conclusion that, as he saw it,...
... others will be confined to bilateral relationships. In this realm it is extremely important not to allow us to revive the Cold-War-style zero-sum game in these relationships. I’m sure that at some point we’ll be working together against ISIS but on parallel independent tracks. Source: Russia Direct
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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