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New-Old Key Player: What to Expect from Russia’s Growing Role in the Middle East

In: Russia’s Relations with the GCC and Iran

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  • Ian Parmeter

    (Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University)

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Despite the increase in Russian activity in the Middle East over the past decade, it remains a second-order priority for Moscow: the US, the West broadly, and China form Russia’s main geostrategic focus. Under President Putin, Russia’s involvement in the Middle East has three primary aims. Firstly, as part of Putin’s opposition to US global strategy, he wants to counter US objectives there when he disagrees with them. Secondly, he seeks to benefit Russia economically through coordination with Middle East energy producers on oil and gas prices, encouraging Gulf sovereign wealth funds to invest in Russia, and selling arms to this conflict prone area. Thirdly, for domestic security reasons, he needs to prevent the region’s turmoil infecting Russia’s Muslim-majority regions. His approach to the region is tactical, rather than strategic.

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  • Ian Parmeter, 2021. "New-Old Key Player: What to Expect from Russia’s Growing Role in the Middle East," Springer Books, in: Nikolay Kozhanov (ed.), Russia’s Relations with the GCC and Iran, chapter 0, pages 21-51, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-33-4730-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4730-4_2
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