... led to an increase in foreign boots on the ground: the 2015 JCPOA agreement allowed Russia to increase presence in Syria and send forces to Khmeimim, and Western presence increased in the campaign to... ... lost all of their territorial strongholds, and the ability to call themselves an “Islamic State.” According to Dr. Kepel, this is the end of Phase Three, the “aufhebung”... ... have to do something.
Andrey Kortunov, Malcolm Chalmers:
Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?
Dr. Kepel believes there...
... 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 ... ... ambitious. For this reason, the authors propose focusing on the following four main issues: terrorism, nuclear weapons, the Syrian crisis and the security architecture in the Middle East.
At the beginning of 2010, Russia and Turkey had different views ...
Relations between the U.S. and Russia appear to be almost at the point of no return
Relations ... ... Europeans and Russia generally agree on the need to control the Islamic State. However, there has been a significant lack of coordination ... ... Then, in early April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military had allegedly ... ... Poland and Romania, as well as in Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East.
How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...
A year ago Russia announced the beginning of its military campaign in Syria which has become the first military operation of the Russian Armed Force in the Middle East. Being one of the major external actors in the Syrian conflict Russia has been staying away from direct involvement ... ... million daily.
Russian airliner was downed over the Sinai Peninsula on October 31, 2015 killing all 224 passengers and crew. Islamic State took responsibility for the attack. Many view it as a consequence of the Russia’s air campaign in Syria, hence,...
... Greater Europe Position Paper
The context
Large swathes of the Middle East have collapsed into a state of violence, chaos and ... ... instability, but also some hope for improvement following a pause in the Syrian civil war.
During our recent meetings in Moscow, London ... ... the countries of the Greater Europe area including Turkey and Russia should cooperate on the basis of their common interests.... ... available at www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org.
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. Acronym for Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham, also referred to as IS or Daesh....
The Crisis Group recently released a
briefing
on Russia’s partial pull-back of forces from Syria, its implications on the ceasefire as well as on Moscow’s wider strategy ... ... Moscow is being guided by its own national interests and an ambition of a key player in Middle Eastern affairs, rather than any commitment to Assad’s political future... ... sometimes provide air cover to certain FSA groups during joint operations against the Islamic State. The fact that Moscow never stopped reaching out to opposition groups...
The Syrian army finally regained control over Palmyra, one of the key ... ... area is somewhat isolated, being located far away from the major Islamic State-controlled territories along the Euphrates. With ... ... forces to east Homs and launch a military operation in Palmyra.
Russia’s role in this offensive was crucial. Until spring ... ...
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Andrey Kortunov:
Post-Syrian Russia and Middle East
Apart from the overall geopolitical benefit, Moscow ...
Interests and opportunities
The Middle East has always had a special meaning for Russia. The area provides access to the Mediterranean Sea, linking Russia with the countries ... ... within a paradigm of a modernity.
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Boris Dolgov, Omar Mahmood:
The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC
Perspectives
Domestic developments in the region were... .... The reason of it was a cross-border activities of an extremist organization - the Islamic State. ISIS has positioned itself as a champion of a global project - the caliphate...
... from the tenet that there are two sides to every coin. Over many decades this approach suited both parties in that convoluted Middle Eastern system that operates to a brutal but still clear-cut pattern. But the Arab Spring markedly diversified the regional ... ... policy rules, Riyadh decided to increase its U.S. lobbying USD 3.66 billion.
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Boris Dolgov, Omar Mahmood:
The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC
Perspectives
The U.S. allies largely share the same needs, i.e. security guarantees plus more aggressive political ...
... Islamic State
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Igor Ivanov:
Putin’s Plan
However, Russian actions to counter the Islamic State are not an end in itself. The Russian leadership and Ministry of Foreign Affairs see the elimination of IS and other extremist groups as a pre-condition to push forward a political process in order to solve the Syrian crisis and stabilize the situation in the Middle East more broadly
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. To that end, Russia, as well as Bashar Assad, are even willing to interact with that part of the ...
