Pragmatic partnership between the two states is characterized by de-ideologization and independence from the global conjuncture and previous trends
Transformational processes in the Arab world in the beginning of the 2010s led Russia and Turkey to an understanding of the need to form new foreign policy approaches towards the Middle East. This article seeks to identify the impact of the approaches Russia and Turkey have taken on this issue on relations between Moscow and Ankara. This topic is not only extremely relevant (and will remain so for years to come), but it is also ...
... ‘wider Middle East’, with periodic attacks in countries throughout much of the world? How should the Coalition against the Islamic State deal with such a scenario?
The Question of Qatar
As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran intensifies throughout the ‘wider Middle East,’ U.S. and Russian mediation appears absolutely crucial to calm tensions between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran. After Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain
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Qatar (and Qatari individuals) of supporting ...
A year ago Russia announced the beginning of its military campaign in Syria ... ... the first military operation of the Russian Armed Force in the Middle East. Being one of the major external actors in the Syrian ... ... Peninsula on October 31, 2015 killing all 224 passengers and crew. Islamic State took responsibility for the attack. Many view it ... ... borders, however, it is relatively easy for terrorists to go through Turkey into the Caucasus and further to Russia, directly projecting ...
