Russia: the Power Broker in the Middle East?
... trade and investment, in energy and in tourism. The second was Iran — another difficult ally, which played an active role in ... ... Afghanistan to the problem of the Caspian Sea partition. The third was Israel, with is large Russian and Russian-speaking diaspora and ... ... significant adjustments in the Russian strategy. First, the defeat of ISIS, which is definitely a positive development for everybody ... ... of the conflict. The risks of alienating either Teheran or Jerusalem, or even both of them, are on the rise. Finally, if Damascus ...