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Understanding Boris Johnson’s call to protest Russia

Lowy Institute for International Policy

On Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson made an unusual suggestion during his debut appearance at the House of Commons as a representative of the government. ‘I would certainly like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy’, he said, in agreement with a Labour Party MP who had raised the idea in a debate on Aleppo. This remark (though a small part of his overall message on Syria, on which he has struck an increasingly robust tone) was roundly scorned.

It was in some respects a puerile gesture, indicative of Britain’s limited options in Syria. Former MI6 chief Sir John …read more

Source: Lowy Institute for International Policy

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