A Tale of Two Interventions: Why Russia Succeeded in Syria When U.S. Failed in Afghanistan
The Kremlin succeeded in making its presence in Syria stable, financially affordable and generally acceptable to the Russian public. The White House failed to do the same in Afghanistan The U.S. intervention in Afghanistan was launched in October 2001 to be nearly two decades long. Russia’s military ... ... in Syria has significantly bolstered Moscow’s standing in the Arab world and increased Russia’s prestige throughout the Middle East, where high reliability as well as consistent and predictable policies have always been in value. Washington’s reliability ...