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US Retreat from Syria Reveals Europe’s Weakness as a Global Actor – Jerusalem Post, January 8, 2019

9/4/2022

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The US retreat from Syria has led to speculations who will fill the emerging power vacuum, but the most likely candidates are Russia, Turkey and Iran. One player, however, is conspicuously absent in these discussions: The European Union. Although the EU has geopolitical interests in the Middle East that are equal to those of the aforementioned countries, nobody is seriously expecting Brussels to deepen its footprint in the region.

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