Russia in the Middle East with Anna Borshchevskaya, Lester Grau, and Michael McFaul

Marking the release of Anna Borshchevskaya's groundbreaking new book on Russia's Putin-era Middle East Policy, the Institute senior fellow held a lively conversation with a leading scholar of the Russian military and a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow. In this episode, we present their in-depth conversation on the full extent of Russian activity in the Middle East, how Moscow sees its interests and calculates costs and benefits, and the implications for U.S. policy. Middle East PolicyCast: Conversations on Middle East issues from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Watch full video of this conversation: Read Anna Borshchevskaya's new book, "Putin's War in Syria":

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Russia in the Middle East with Anna Borshchevskaya, Lester Grau, and Michael McFaul is an episode from Near East PolicyCast by The Washington Institute.

This episode is 00:58:30 long.

This episode was published on Nov 23, 2021.

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