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Russo-US dog fights over Syria?

Russo-US dog fights over Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…
Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism

Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism

Anders Åslund. | (Project Syndicate) | - - WASHINGTON, DC – Vladimir Putin’s Russia is looking more and more like the sclerotic and stagnant Soviet Union of the Leonid Brezhnev era. But…
Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

Russia: US attack on our Sovereign ally Illegal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday slammed the Trump administration for its strike on Syria, calling it "illegal" and based on faulty intelligence.…
Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?

Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had difficult and inconclusive discussions with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan…