(Global Post) MUNICH, Germany—When it comes to diplomacy, bickering usually seems like what Russia and the West do best.
But the recent Paris attacks and Russian jet crash may actually forge a closer alliance between the two against a common enemy: the Islamic State (IS), which claimed responsibility for both attacks. […]
Arkady Moshes, a Russia analyst at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, says Moscow may be interested in working with the West on Syria if it can squeeze out some concessions, especially on Ukraine.
But the Kremlin still wants Kyiv firmly within its geopolitical orbit, and it won’t compromise over Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.
Taken together, Moshes says, these issues make any Syria-related deal between Russia and the West even harder to nail down.
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