PROSPECTS FOR THE U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE TRUMP ERA
Journal: Pathways to Peace and Security
Year: 2017

The article discusses the rise and fall of expectations of improvement of the U.S.-Russia relations at the outset of the Trump administration and then analyzes how Washington's and Moscow's interests in the Middle East converge or diverge. The author argues that, despite the unlikelihood of any major U.S.-Russia rapprochement, Washington's and Moscow's interests in the Middle East either overlap or, at least, do not oppose each other (except regarding Iran). Moscow's and Trump's administration's