Russia's Breakout Into the Middle East
Mediterranean Institute for Regional Studies
11/9/2017 9:21:00 PM
Russia has re-established itself not only as a major outside player in one of the world's key regions, but also as a global player - for the first time since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. This re-entry has occurred mainly due to Moscow's relatively effective military intervention in Syria, but Russia's comeback has affected the Middle East way beyond that single country, and has done so in a number of ways - political and psychological, military and economic.