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The US started a military programme to train and equip rebels in Syria, but was it a case of too little, too late?

Is Russia prepared for an open-ended conflict in Syria? May 14, 2021 Share Russia’s key foreign policy dilemma is the tension between its aspirations of retaining its Soviet-era geopolitical clout and its lack of ideological and economic tools to achieve that goal. Among other things, this has implications for the Kremlin’s behavior toward its allies. Russia’s leadership chooses to either turn a blind eye to its partners’ activities or tries to restrain them in such an aggressive fashion that they start looking for alternatives. This problem is only compounded as Russia invests ...