Syrian civil war : Russia forges risky ties with Islamists

• Main Author: Dorsey, James M.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103546; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19249
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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.