5 Ways to View Putin’s Syrian Surprise

5 Ways to View Putin’s Syrian Surprise

What’s driving Russia’s decision to remove the bulk of its forces from Syria?

Nikolas Gvosdev, a contributing editor at the National Interest, is coauthor of U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy (Georgetown, 2015), and the recently published Communitarian Foreign Policy: Amitai Etzioni’s Vision (Transaction, 2016).

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