ussian Involvement and a Redirection of Policy on Syria

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Russian Involvement and a Redirection of Policy on Syria

by Paul R. Pillar
The recently increased Russian involvement in Syria ought to be viewed as an opportunity, more so than as a threat or as something that needs to be countered. Although Moscow’s current involvement is only an extension of its longtime relationship with the Syrian regime, it represents just enough of a change to serve as the closest thing we are likely to have to a peg on which to hang some needed rethinking about the Syrian conflict. The need for such rethinking is reflected in the fact that everyone, including the Obama administration, seems to recognize that the current trajectory of this civil war is unpropitious, notwithstanding disagreements over what to do about the situation.http://www.lobelog.com/russian-involvement-and-a-redirection-of-policy-on-syria/#more-31125