Here are part 1 and part 2 of this three-part series, in which Kyle Wilson explains the personal, domestic and international motivations behind Putin’s Syria strategy.
So what does Putin want? His recent speech to the UN General Assembly listed all his main desiderata, from the macro to the micro. He wants a new system of security for Europe modeled on the Yalta Agreement of 1945; a Yalta II. Yalta I was of course the agreement that codified Stalin’s control of Eastern Europe, with nasty consequences for many of its inhabitants. Putin has also spoken of a ‘greater Europe’ from …read more
Vladimir of Taurus: Putin’s Syria gambit and his global ambitions
