... persuade its allies to make some concessions. This will require the efforts of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps to intervene when ordered.
Thus, three main focal points... ... domestic politics; the influence of regional power struggles on unresolved conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya. In many ways, these dynamics are interconnected and feed into one another. However... ... announced the “long-awaited for the deal of the century", this would push many Middle Eastern countries which have no peace deal with Israel to reconcile and naturalise ties even if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is...
... of vibrant Russian foreign policy activity in the Middle East. A number of Middle Eastern leaders visited ... ... consultative meeting between representatives of the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition; Russian ... ... active part in reaching an interim solution in the Iranian nuclear talks; and Russian diplomats have been ... ... influential global and regional players, especially Israel, with which Russia has recently been successfully ... ...
Also unusual was the Kremlin’s activity in the Libyan context, which many already thought was a lost ...
In light of the recent developments in Syria and the apparently imminent US military intervention, the blog will take a short break from its relatively academic style and its thematic focus in order to brainstorm and share some thoughts on the broader picture of what is happening in the geopolitical ...
