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James Nixey is Manager of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, the London based think-tank.
With an economy the size of South Korea’s and military capabilities that are no match for America's, Russia lacks the tools required to act as an uncontested hegemon in the Middle East. When the United States decides to take up the mantle of democracy and peace again, Russia will be no match for it.
