Twelve years have passed since the Russo-Georgian war of August 2008. That is more than enough time to assess its major consequences not only for Georgia but also on a broader scale.
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In early April 2018, President Donald Trump made the sensational announcement that US troops would be withdrawn from Syria “very soon”.
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On December 11th 2017, five days after he announced his expected intention to run for the fourth time for Russia’s presidency, Vladimir Putin visited Hmeimim air base, met Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and declared that Russia’s military mission in Syria had been “accomplished.”
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On 13 October ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik was interviewed by Debating Europe on the future of warfare.
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The cruise missile strike ordered on Syria by President Donald Trump in the early morning (local time) of April 7, 2017, was not really a military show of power. It did not devastate completely the Shayrat airbase, something that was no doubt intentional in light of the two-hour evacuation warning. Instead, the Tomahawks sent a very serious political message both to Bashar al-Assad, and particularly to Kim Jong-un, setting in motion new dynamics in US-Russian and Sino-American relations.
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Director of the International Centre for Defence and Security Jüri Luik finds that after the air strikes against Syria’s Shayat air force base, the new U.S. administration’s position is clear, and that it is clearly against Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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