Syrian civil war : Russia forges risky ties with Islamists

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Dorsey, James M.
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103546; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19249

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.