Russia

The visit of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to Moscow and his meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on October 15, 2025, generated widespread discussion and debate about its underlying motives and political implications. The timing was particularly significant, coming at a critical geopolitical juncture for both Syria and the wider region. The visit coincided with an accelerating Arab and…

Since Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin introduced his vision of “Neo-Eurasianism” three decades ago, the idea has served as an ambitious framework for countering Western dominance and crafting a multipolar international order with Russia at its core—a vision embraced by the new Russian elites. Although fundamentally philosophical and theoretical, Moscow’s foreign policy actions since 2008 (beginning with Putin’s Munich Security Conference…