There is an age-old tradition of explaining everything that happens in the Middle East in terms of external conspiracies. The present-day "Arab revolutionary spring" is no exception.
I shall cite two conspiratorial theories purporting to explain (...)
Russia s approach to a Syrian-Israeli peace process is very much a function of developments in Russo-Syrian relations.
Since the beginning of this century, Russo-Syrian ties have been making good headway in quite a number of fields. Certainly, (...)
Current Russian foreign policy in the Middle East can be described in terms of both continuity and novelty. As was the case in the previous years of Vladimir Putin's presidency, the Middle East does not rank high on the scale of Russia's (...)