Russia’s Middle Eastern policy. Regional ambitions, global objectives. OSW Studies 71 December 2017
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2017

Summary. Russia’s policy in the Middle East is part of a wider strategy aimed at creating an international order which would shield Russia against Western interference in its internal affairs and would guarantee it an equal footing with the United States. In practice, that means that Russia’s Middle Eastern policy is subordinated to the Kremlin’s global strategy towards Washington. In the Middle East, Moscow seeks to create a regional variant of what it believes to be the best model of the inter