Publication
Feb 2012
This paper argues that the Arab Spring presents Russia with a dual challenge. On the one hand, Moscow is looking to protect its interests as well as its quest for great power status in the Middle East and North Africa in the middle of great upheaval. On the other hand, the Arab Spring also serves as a domestic test of the 'Putin System'.
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Author | Margarete Klein |
Series | SWP Comments |
Issue | 3 |
Publisher | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |
Copyright | © 2012 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |