Moscow is keen to exploit the conflict in Syria in its information war against the West. Russian messaging on Syria […]
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Tag: Syria
Not-So-Soft Power: Russia’s Military Police in Syria, Mark Galeotti (IIR, Czech Republic)
Earlier this month, in Syria’s Idlib Governorate, 29 Russians found themselves encircled by fighters from the rebel front Tahrir al-Sham (which Moscow still […]
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Will there be a Kurdish state?, Andrés Ortega (Elcano, Spain)
Elcano Blog, October 2017 Terrorism, oil, the crisis in Iraq, the Syrian civil war and the burden of geopolitics all […]
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The Russian Web in the Mediterranean Region, Anna-Sophie Maass and Andrea Beccaro (College of Europe Natolin)
Nowadays, the Mediterranean region’s balance of power is challenged by several conflicts and actors. Russia has taken advantage of this […]
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Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review: Shifting Un-balances in the Middle East (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
The Eastern Mediterranean Geopolitical Review (EMGR) is an annual scholarly journal published by the Cyprus Center for European and International […]
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Do Two Wrongs Make a Right?, Veronika Bilkova (IIR, Czech Republic)
On Thursday, 6 April 2017, the US carried out a missile strike in Syria. It did so in response to […]
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Astana’s Syria Conference: Musical chairs on Moscow’s terms, Wolfgang Mühlberger (FIIA, Finland)
After almost six years of war in Syria, the Astana peace talks in January marked a symbolic novelty by convening […]
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Turkish Troops in Syria: Is it all about the Kurds from now on? Toni Alaranta (FIIA, Finland)
From 2011 to August 2016, Turkey aimed for a regime change in Syria by arming various Islamist and jihadi factions, […]
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