Syria Should Avoid Replicating Russia’s Federal-Autonomy Model

Syria Should Avoid Replicating Russia’s Federal-Autonomy Model

A curious story emerged at the Washington-based Al Monitor media site at the end of October alleging that Russia secretly sent a handful of high-level envoys to Syria in a failed bid to convince Damascus to replicate the federal-autonomy model that Moscow practices. The article goes on to say that these dignitaries suggested that this…

Middle East: Greater Eurasia Scenarios
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Middle East: Greater Eurasia Scenarios

Sunni Civil/Cold War Turkey and Saudi Arabia battle it out for the hearts, minds, and territory of the region’s majority Sunni population, with multipolar-leaning Ankara coming to heads with unipolar-devoted Riyadh and possibly even teaming up with the Kingdom’s hated Shiite rival Iran in order to ‘outflank’ the US’ main regional ally. Nagorno-Karabakh Continuation War…