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

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

Chapter Chapter 2 in Russia’s Relations with the GCC and Iran, 2021, pp 21-51 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4730-4_2

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