Russia Is Expanding Its Great-Power Project in the Middle East

Russia Is Expanding Its Great-Power Project in the Middle East

Moscow has taken a major step forward in its quest for durable recognition as a great power in the Middle East.

 

Samuel Ramani is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He is also a journalist who writes regularly for the Washington Post, Huffington Post and The Diplomat. He can be followed on Twitter at @samramani2 and on Facebook at Samuel Ramani.

Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Korolev visit the Admiralty historical building on the Navy Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2017. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS​

 

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