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<title><![CDATA[Maxim Suchkov - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/31633.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Maxim Suchkov]]></description><category domain="31633">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why New Russia-Turkey Deal on Idlib Matters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/russia-turkey-deal-idlib-important-putin-erdogan.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new deal between Russia and Turkey over Syria's Idlib is temporary '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but important.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Russia, Turkey Go to War Over Syria's Idlib?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/02/russia-turkey-idlib-putin-erdogan.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Matters have gone from bad to worse in Idlib and the stakes for Moscow and Ankara are rising.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Russia Is Calling for Rethinking Gulf Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/intel-russia-proposal-gulf-security-iran-tensions.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Russia's presidential envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov laid out Russia's proposal for collective security in the Persian Gulf. The document presents Russia's vision toward security problems facing the subregion and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is Russia's Strategy in Idlib?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/russia-thinking-idlib-syria-turkey-us.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russia is playing the long game with Turkey in the battle for the Syrian provence of Idlib.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin, Erdogan Agree on Idlib But Maneuver on Kurds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/russia-turkey-syria-idlib-adana-agreement.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Moscow and Ankara agreed to reinforce cooperation on Idlib to fight Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Putin's proposal on the "buffer zone" in Syria's northeast sent Erdogan home thinking, at least until the next round of Astana talks]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Russia's Responding to U.S. Pullout From Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/12/intel-russia-respond-us-pullout-syria.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria came as much as a surprise to Russia as it did to US allies in the region. Moscow is openly delighted to see the back of a key foe of its ally Bashar al-Assad, but remains flummoxed by the unpredictable nature of US policy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Next for Syria After Helsinki Summit?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/07/helsinki-summit-russia-us-syria.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The meeting between the Russian and US presidents did as little for the Middle East as it possibly could, though the two leaders seemed to identify Syria as a good place to rebuild US-Russian cooperation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russians Fear Bolton May Doom Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/trump-nsc-mcmaster-bolton-russia-mideast-iran-deal-syria.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John Bolton's upcoming role as national security adviser is controversial not only in the United States; it's raising eyebrows, and concerns, around much of the rest of the world.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russia Considers Course Change After Syria Challenges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/03/russia-eyes-updating-syria-strategy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Russia's presidential election approaches, Moscow finds itself recently pressured by several negative developments in Syria that are causing it to re-evaluate its strategy there.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 2018 Looks Like for Russia, U.S. Regarding Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/12/russia-syria-us-2018-tillerson-lavrov-assad.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will US and Russian relations in the new year involve cooperation, confrontation or attempts to carefully balance both?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moscow's Leverage in Syria Is Strong, But Limited]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/12/russia-leverage-syria-limited-assad-iran.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many believe Russia aims to be the ringmaster of the Syrian show, but currently Moscow is walking a tightrope tethered between opposing forces.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Khamenei Has 3 Messages for Putin at Summit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/11/iran-khamenei-messages-russia-putin-summit-syria.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tehran sees the Donald Trump administration as seeking to comprehensively counter Iranian policies in the region, so there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no doubt in Iran that the United States will never agree to Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s growing influence in the region in any form. Decertification of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joint...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Did Tillerson's Russia Trip Achieve?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/04/tillerson-lavrov-russia-meeting.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't reach any groundbreaking pacts during Tillerson's visit to Moscow, but they agreed to keep trying.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Have Putin and Erdogan Found Common Ground?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/putin-erdogan-meeting.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin since the downing of the Russian jet in November 2015 was a much-anticipated event. A few hours before the encounter Aug. 9, the Turkish media released a story on the details of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Turkey Actually Made Nice With Russia?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/06/turkey-russia-relations-erdogan-apology.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have had their first phone conversation in seven months. After the 42-minute talk, Putin, speaking at a government session, said the pair had agreed to resume bilateral relations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Russian Arms Deals Could Shake Up Mideast]]></title>
							<link>http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/08/russian-arms-supply-middle-east.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maxim Suchkov</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Historically, Russia (including when it led the Soviet Union) has been one of the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s largest arms exporters. Today, like any manufacturing industry, arms production has a sound economic significance to the sanctions-crippled Russian economy. The industry is made up of 20...]]></description>
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