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Tag: russia
The View from Moscow | Diwan
Michael Young interviews Dmitri Trenin on Russian policy in the Middle East.
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Why Russia’s Middle East Gamble Has a Limited Payoff | WSJ
Yaroslav Trofimov.
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Russian Forces in Syria and the Building of a Sustainable Military Presence | Arab Reform Initiative
Interesting paper on how Russia is actually running the Syrian army.
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Moscow’s Maghreb Moment
Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck and Vasily Kuznetsov
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I Knew the Cold War. This Is No Cold War. – Foreign Policy
Stephen Walt.
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As Trump Wavers on Libya, an ISIS Haven, Russia Presses On – The New York Times
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Russia Says Its Syria Bases Beat Back an Attack by 13 Drones
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Links February 17th to February 19th
Links for February 17th through February 19th:
- Jazeera slams TV crackdown – FT on new satellite TV restrictions
- TelQuel : Avoir 20 ans à la campagne – Life for young people in the (extremely poor) Moroccan countryside
- Moscou accuse Paris de saborder le contrat des Mig – Algeria-Russia fracas over Mig contract; France suspected of meddling
- Pharaonic Pump Sits Idle as Egypt Fails to Lure Farms to Desert
Bloomberg.com:
Europe – Whatever happened to Toshka? - Middle East Report Online: Disengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism by Darryl Li – "FROM BANTUSTAN TO INTERNMENT CAMP TO ANIMAL PEN"
- The BAE files | World news | guardian.co.uk – Guardian collection of articles on BAE case
- Hamas tells Egypt it is ready to discuss truce with Israel, Shalit deal – "Hamas said Friday it has told Egyptian officials it would consider a cease-fire with Israel if it lifted its blockade of the Gaza Strip and ceased military operations in the West Bank and Gaza."
- UN shocked by 'grim' life in Gaza – "80% of Gaza's 1.5m population now depended on food aid."