Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East

T. Belman. I recently wrote to Amir Avivi informing him that I blamed the US for the war in Ukraine. I did so because he was blaming Russia.

Marom continues by writing that Russia was “motivated by an imperialistic vision” and Putin “is employing an active, assertive and defiant foreign policy. This policy is based on fusing a challenging attitude towards the US and the Western hegemony”.

I don’t believe that Russia is imperialistic, it is nationalistic, but it certainly rejects Western Hegemony. I also don’t see Western Hegemony with its New World Order as a good thing.

DR. Anat Hochberg Marom, IDSF

Over the past decade, particularly in the past year since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Russia’s foreign policy has undergone dramatic change.

Its involvement in current major geopolitical affairs and its vigorous activity across the international arena, leave little room for doubt – Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, is investing great efforts into cementing Russia’s influence as a superpower and an important key player in global politics, by disrupting the existing status-quo and creating a new and challenging balance of power with the United States and the West.

Motivated by an imperialistic vision, complex strategic considerations and with the use of global resources, the head of the Kremlin is employing an active, assertive and defiant foreign policy. This policy is based on fusing a challenging attitude towards the US and the Western hegemony, with manipulative collaboration with Western countries and the international community such that to help to promote his own interests and realize Moscow’s broad interests.

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