Attack in Syria: World War III postponed again this time…
THE OPINION
Of Giulio Ginnetti
A few days after the Western missile raid in Syria, it appears increasingly clear that it has not undermined the agreement between Trump and Putin to manage the spheres of influence in the troubled Middle Eastern country. What Russia and the United States have in common is the need to reaffirm their primacy on the international level, eroded in recent decades, but to do so in a way that manages differences, according to the agreement signed at the G20 in Hamburg, in July 2017.
Each of the two powers follows its own "national interests". The synthesis National Defense Strategy 2018 signed by US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, makes it clear that the primary national security concern of the United States is no longer terrorism, but the strategic competition between states. And between Russia and China, the two main actors, with the United States, on international theatre, Trump considers China his most formidable opponent and is seeking an agreement with Putin, to prevent the formation of an anti-American Russian-Chinese alliance.
The target of the raid, which was limited to a spectacular surgical operation, it was therefore not about overthrowing the Assad regime, protected by Moscow, but to strengthen the image of the United States. Trump, convinced French President Macron and British Prime Minister May to carry out a demonstration, without causing damage to Russian forces, obtaining in exchange Moscow's non-interference. Read More