Geopolitics and Syria Today
The second of these developments did not directly affect U.S.-Russian relations. But this ceasefire supplanted all the efforts the Russians had previously made to work with U.S. Sec. of State John Kerry to reach a ceasefire (or a “cessation of hostilities”) in Syria, and it clearly showed that Turkey, a full member of NATO, was at least as ready to work with Russia in Syria as it was with the United States. Thus, the December 29 ceasefire agreement signaled a non-trivial shift in the balance of power between the United States and Russia in this part of Western Asia.
(It is meanwhile unclear how long the diplomatic crisis over the allegations of espionage will last after the inauguration of Donald Trump as President… )http://justworldeducational.org/2017/01/geopolitics-syria-today/
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