the largest of which are the rebels pushing for an Islamist republic and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a left-wing nationalist force governing northeastern Syria. The SDF sees its mission as fighting to create a secular, democratic and federalized Syria. For Turkey, which...
Recently, one focus has been whether the Eurasian Economic Union will provide a foundation for Russia to strengthen its economic standing or whether it will lose ground to the much more economically substantial, China-led, Silk Road Economic Belt. So far, on the basis of its political and ...
Two such groups presently exist: an East European group (between Russia and Belarus) and a Caucasian group (between Russia and Armenia). Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan are currently in the Southern group of forces, which in wartime would come under the command of the standing ...
When politicians and strategists become overcome with megalomania, problems begin, Lukyanov summed up, expressing the hope that the CSTO will remain true to its mission. The session participants showed solidarity in assessing the efficiency of the CSTO as a multilateral security organisatio...