Syrian civil war : Russia forges risky ties with Islamists
In a strategy fraught with risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin is exploiting deep-seated domestic anger at the Unites States and fundamentalist Russian Orthodoxy to justify his support for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and forge an alliance with Islamist forces.
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| Format: | Commentary |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103546 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19249 |
| Summary: | In a strategy fraught with risk, Russian President Vladimir Putin is exploiting deep-seated domestic anger at the Unites States and fundamentalist Russian Orthodoxy to justify his support for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and forge an alliance with Islamist forces. |
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