After Syria, this is the role Russia should embrace

... process: Russia’s first decisive intervention beyond its immediate post-Soviet neighborhood in one of the world’s central conflicts. The new Russia had acted militarily before, but only within its former Soviet sphere. This presumably led then-US President ... ... of the civil war, Moscow demonstrated its ability to influence major global crises beyond its immediate borders. The fall of Assad and its implications The recent fall of the Assad government, which only survived nine years ago thanks to Russia’s intervention,...