Famine threatens million people, including 1.4 children, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and parts of Nigeria.. ..…

Indeed, apart from exploiting US policy failures throughout the Middle East, Russia’s accomplishments since 2015 demonstrate the fatuity of earlier US assumptions that Moscow neither wanted to nor could displace Washington in the Middle East and that it lacked any power projection..…

[ii] Zach Battat, “Peace In the Middle East: Russia’s Role In the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” Russian International Affairs Council, ww.russiancouncil.ru/en, August 13, 2018; “Arab League Expects Russia to Propose Initiatives to Resist US Steps – Envoy,” Sputnik News,..…

Having returned to the Middle East, Russia is here to stay; forcing Moscow out of the region is highly unlikely. ... [i] Stephen Blank, “The Foundations of Russian Policy in the Middle East,” Russia in the Middle East, The Jamestown Foundation,..…