... cooperation with Iran and Russia, the two countries Leverett scares his readers with.
Interventionist vs. Realist
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Andrey Kortunov:
Russia Bids Farewell to Obama: A Message to
the New US President
In Leverett’s assessment, Hillary Clinton, as the establishment’s candidate, will attempt to preserve the US primacy in the region, and her arrival in the White House will usher in the new era of liberal interventionism. It will primarily manifest in a revised policy on Syria: the US will expand its military intervention in Syria, it will support the opposition more actively, and it will even create no-fly zones to protect the opposition from Russia and Syria’s air forces.
It appears that Leverett does not consider ...
... primarily motivated by the results of the upcoming election. The most obvious manifestation of this policy is the approach to the Syrian conflict. Hopefully after the election, the situation will change," Ivanov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, during ... ... held on November 8. The main contenders for the post of the new head of the American administration are Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Source:
Sputniknews
Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Russian Upper House's Foreign Affairs Committee, harshly criticized Hillary Clinton's article in Time magazine, titled "Why America is exceptional."
He decried the all-American panegyric ... ... 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 ...
... Aksenenok:
On Thin Syrian Ice
Russian-US bilateral consultations on Syria are unlikely to be resumed in the near future. Time has run out. A great deal depends on the outcome of the presidential elections in the US. The positions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Syria and the Middle East in general are far apart, at least judging by their rhetoric.
That said, I will venture to predict that America’s role in the Middle East as a whole is more likely to decrease than increase. The Americans are tired of this ...
