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Articles by Alexander Shumilin

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Shadow of Islamic State Hangs Over Russia (Op-Ed)

It is impossible to say with certainty how many people holding Russian passports now fight for the Islamic State, but the reasons that many of them...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Why The Crisis in Ukraine Will Determine What Happens in Syria

Twice in the last six months, Russia has managed to divert attention from what had previously been the central focus of international relations: the conflict...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

High Stakes in U.S.-Iran Deal

The temporary six-month agreement between Iran and the six countries negotiating with it can be viewed in several different ways. On one hand, the document...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Russia Saves Assad From U.S. Bombs

In an 11th-hour deal, Russia seems to have found a way to save the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Moscow's initiative to place all of Syria's...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Syrian Crisis Shows an Increasingly Irrelevant UN

On Monday, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov acknowledged that the U.S. had submitted evidence that the army of Syrian President Bashar Assad had used...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Why Arab Monarchies Support Egypt's Coup

The United Arab Emirates was the first Arab monarchy to provide assistance for the "corrective revolution" taking place in Egypt.
opinion Alexander Shumilin

A Ship Leading to Escalation in Syria

On Friday, NBC News, citing U.S. military and intelligence sources, reported that Russia is sending a military ship based in the Black Sea to the...
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Russia's Role in the Houla Massacre

The Syrian problem has become a vicious vortex sucking the Russian ship downward into its maw.
opinion Alexander Shumilin

Why Putin Has Begun Abandoning Assad

Here's an interesting bit of news: According to information attributed to WikiLeaks and published in Britain's Guardian newspaper, Syrian President...