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The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa
Spikes in prices of grain and fuel, with uncertain political reverberations, are the Ukraine war’s primary effect to date on Middle Eastern and North African countries.
But diplomatic and military developments are important, too, as Crisis Group experts explain in this look around the region.
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The war in Ukraine that followed the Russian invasion is still in its early stages.
While it is too soon to measure the war’s full impact on crises in the Middle East and North Africa, it is clear that the repercussions will be multidimensional.
For now, its effects are limited in the military sphere, but noticeable in the political realm as conflict actors reposition themselves vis-à-vis…