| ID | 151982 |
| Title Proper | Racking the Casbah |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fontaine, Richard ; Singh, Michael |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | WHEN RUSSIA launched a dramatic military intervention in Syria in fall 2015, it stunned the world and announced its return to the Middle East. Its move also surprised American policymakers, who had not long before worked with Russia in an effort to rid Syria of its chemical weapons and expressed hope that such cooperation might lead to a broader push for peace. But with its air campaign on behalf of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Moscow signaled a willingness to intervene more decisively in Middle Eastern politics than at any time since Anwar el-Sadat’s dismissal of Soviet military advisers in 1972 and the Yom Kippur War the following year. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, any attempt to resolve a festering regional conflict must take Russia’s role into account. |
| `In' analytical Note | National Interest vol. , No.148; Mar-Apr 2017: p.12-23 |
| Journal Source | National Interest 2017-04 |
| Key Words | Chemical Weapons ; Military Intervention ; United States ; Syria ; Russia ; Middle East Strategy ; Bashar al-Assad |