The fragile political architecture of the Middle East was broken to pieces by Western reckless foreign policy. In the meantime the Russian internal crisis, the lack of confidence and the anachronistic legacy of the fallen empire led to aggression towards Ukraine. Given the fact there is no simple answer to solve these crises, one fact is certain: there will be no deal without Russia, even though it has completely different interests than the West - writes Bartosz Duda (ECFR) in CIR's comment "Russia and the West: no deal? Completing a broken jigsaw puzzle".

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