Search: Russia,Middle East,Su-24 shootdown (3 materials)

The Russian-Turkish Crisis: a Deficit of the Strategic Depth

It finally happened. November 24 th , 2015 became a turning point for the Russian-Turkish relations. The two sides will probably never agree with each other on who is to blame for the SU-24 tragedy and ... ... the most fundamental problems pushing the two states apart from each other. Over years serious disagreements over Caucasus, Middle East, Iran, Ukraine, NATO, BMD, gas pipelines and other matters were swept under the rug. But this mutual hypocrisy could ...

04.01.2016

Following the Downing of its Su-24 Russia Changes the Rules of the Game in Syria

The incident that occurred in the skies over Syria when a Turkish F-16 shot down a Russian Su-24 got the whole world talking about how close we came to an all-out conflict in the Middle East. Some commentators have suggested that today we are closer to an open conflict between Russia and NATO than ever before since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Quite surprisingly while Russia watchers have insisted that if a conflict between ...

30.11.2015

From Downed Plane to the Greater Middle East: Theories of What Happened in Turkey

The incident with the downed Russian plane on the border between Syria and Turkey on November 24, 2015 became a massive talking point all around the world.... ... topple Erdogan. Perhaps now, after the truce, NATO is using the group inside the country for other purposes. The U.S. Greater Middle East project, for example, assigns a big role to Kurdistan in various forms. If tensions arise in the region (a downed ...

27.11.2015

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