Ambassador Giorgi Badridze,
Senior Fellow, Georgian Foundation
for Strategic and International Studies.
…The West must not give in to Kremlin’s interests and blackmail.
The West should not pretend that Putin can be a partner in fighting
terrorism or stabilizing the Middle East. Russia’s conduct has been based
on the Cold War paradigms which can no longer be ignored.
Putin loves surprises. In September 2015 he once again caught the West
off guard when he launched a military operation in Syria. It was clear from
the outset that Putin was not driven just by the desire to fight ISIS (as
he claimed) or the need to save Assad (one of …read more
PUTIN’S WAR IN SYRIA: ITS CAUSES AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS.
