(Jerusalem, Israel) -- As 2019 begins, I will be writing a series of columns on leaders, countries and global trend lines to keep a close eye upon.
Chief among them: Russian President Vladmir Putin's diplomatic and military activity in recent months. Putin is steadily building strategic alliances with Israel's worst enemies, from the leaders of Iran who long to create a nuclear-armed Persian empire to President Recep Erdogan of Turkey who sees himself as a modern day sultan longing to create a new Ottoman empire.
Note:
- On November 24, 2017, Putin, Iranian President Rouhani and Erdogan held a summit together in Sochi, Russia.
- On April 4, 2018, the three met for a summit in Ankara, Turkey.
- On September 7, 2018, the three met for a summit in Tehran, Iran.
- On December 28, 2018, it was reported that the Russian, Iranian and Turkish leaders would hold their next summit in Moscow in early 2019.
This would be cause for concern enough if the U.S. superpower was playing a robust and proactive role in the Epicenter. But it is all the more concerning with President Trump's recent decision to remove all U.S. forces from Syria in recent months and his statement yesterday that Iran "can do what they want there (in Syria), frankly,”
It's still more concerning when you look at the other countries in the Middle East and North Africa that the Kremlin is selling arms to and building alliances with.
I will provide more analysis on this soon. For now, take a look at these recent headlines and you'll get a sense of what Putin is up to.
For some, this may sound like a political thriller of mine -- The Ezekiel Option or The Kremlin Conspiracy. But what makes it chilling is that these headlines are all too real. Stay tuned.
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