... the UNSC itself. On the general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; ·... ... Envoy to the UN, Samantha Power. She has always held relatively adversarial positions toward Russia and recently made major headlines when she accused Russia of engaging in... ... that they suffered from horrific internal dissension, but that there were far too many radical Islamists mixed in liberally with so-called “moderate Arabs”. Because...
... drone fleet. Keep in mind blowback comes in forms other than just anger over actual attacks. There is growing dissent across the Middle East at what is perceived to be a total lack of transparency and scrutiny by the American public over its government’s ... ... easily be sucked into regional conflicts where its interests figure prominently. It is inconceivable to think a ‘drone war’ between Iran and Saudi Arabia or Egypt would not end up being a major national security interest for the United States....
... region and that the region remained at peace and not vulnerable to radical Islamists. How close its friendship was with a particular ... ... and legitimate national security objectives than they do with Cold War nostalgia or knee-jerk anti-Americanism. Russia sees its ... ... only state truly able to balance the influence of America in the Middle East. Though difficult for observers in the West to believe,... ... outside of Washington and the EU did not see American positions toward Syria as generally promoting peace but saw them rather exacerbating ...
