Publication

This paper examines the roles played by Russia and the US in the Middle East, with its main argument being that the Russian policy in the Middle East is increasingly driven by a determination to check US power and influence in the region. The author explains that this Russian determination is driven by the desire for global power status and that even though it is couched in the language of multipolarity, it is essentially no less unilateral than US policy. The paper concludes that Russia's competition with the US is no less a contest over values than one over interests.