Russia invests substantial effort in presenting itself to many state actors in the Global South as a champion against the Western-dominated world order. Moscow’s readiness to embrace such violent disruptors of stability in the Middle East as Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank, and the Houthis in Yemen reveals the deficiencies of this posturing. Each Israeli strike on the infrastructure of these radical groups accelerates the erosion of Russia’s positions in the region and undercuts its capacity for waging its unwinnable war in Ukraine.
Baev, Pavel K. (2024) Russia's eroding influence in the Middle East, Eurasia Daily Monitor (1–2). 7 October.
