The Great Game. 22.02.2020
The global battle for the Middle East. Erdogan gives Assad the “last warning.” The Russian Air Force is the only thing that stops Turkey from attacking Syrian forces in Idlib. Where can this new escalation take us? Exactly 74 years today, the US embassy in Moscow sent a telegram to Washington. It was Telegram 511, the infamous Long Telegram, where the concept of containment was first formulated. Many believe it to be the cornerstone of the US Cold War doctrine which the US keeps following to this day. Is it true?
The global battle for the Middle East. Erdogan gives Assad the “last warning.” The Russian Air Force is the only thing that stops Turkey from attacking Syrian forces in Idlib. Where can this new escalation take us? Exactly 74 years today, the US embassy in Moscow sent a telegram to Washington. It was Telegram 511, the infamous Long Telegram, where the concept of containment was first formulated. Many believe it to be the cornerstone of the US Cold War doctrine which the US keeps following to this day. Is it true?