Russians and Arabs: in Search of a New Modus Vivendi
... initially met by many with hopes and even with enthusiasm, in Russia the political mainstream from the very beginning was expressing ... ... of the ongoing regional transformation. Furthermore, the whole Arab Spring was often presented by Moscow as a long planned Western ... ... conspiracy aimed at acquiring more control of the West over the Arab world though pursuing the strategy of ‘controlled chaos”.... ... graphic manifestation of this strategy in the Western involvement in Libya in 2011, which was regarded as a clear and self-serving deviation ...
08.04.2016