Russia-Iran Alliance: Shifting the Power Dynamic

Russia’s airstrikes into Syria from an Iranian air base mark a new phase in the relationship between the two countries.

Historically they’re not friends. They have been competitors, sometimes even rivals in the region. There’s a long history of rivalry in Central Asia,” says Anna Borshchevskaya, Ira Weiner fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.What we’ve seen happen in recent years is that they’ve developed mutual interests.”

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