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Anna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute's Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. In addition, she is a contributor to Oxford Analytica. She was previously with the Atlantic Council and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. A former analyst for a U.S. military contractor in Afghanistan, she has also served as communications director at the American Islamic Congress and was a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy. Her analysis is published widely in publications such as Foreign Affairs, The Hill, The New Criterion, and Middle East Quarterly, as well as peer-reviewed journals. She is the author of the 2021 book, Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence (I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing). Until recently, she conducted translation and analysis for the U.S. Army's Foreign Military Studies Office and its flagship publication, Operational Environment Watch, and wrote a foreign affairs column for Forbes. She is the author of the February 2016 Institute monograph, Russia in the Middle East. She holds a doctorate from George Mason University.

Education

PhD, George Mason University; MA, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); BA, State University of New York at Geneseo.

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Featured Publications

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Putin's War in Syria
Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence
The Russian leader defied expectations of a quixotic, costly outcome for his country’s 2015 intervention in Syria. As it actually played out, explains Anna Borshchevskaya in her recently published book, Russia leveraged the conflict and U.S. inaction to position itself as a leading power in the Middle East.
November 4, 2021
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Rouhani, Putin, Erdogan
Triangular Diplomacy:
Unpacking Russia's Syria Strategy
Moscow has repeatedly played actors off each other to secure its own interests and keep the Assad regime in power.
Jul 7, 2021
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Andrew J. Tabler
Shifting Landscape:
Russia's Military Role in the Middle East
In September 2015, Moscow made its first push outside former Soviet borders when it authorized airstrikes in Syria. More pertinently
Sep 25, 2019
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Russia's Arabic Propaganda: What It Is, Why It Matters
Explore the subtle strategies, including information manipulation, that Moscow is using to expand Russian influence in the Middle East.
Dec 19, 2018
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Catherine Cleveland
Russia in the Middle East
Motives, Consequences, Prospects
Since becoming president in 2000, Vladimir Putin has reinvigorated Russia's Middle East ties, a trend underscored by his bold military
Feb 26, 2016
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Maps & Graphics
Syrian Kurds as a U.S. Ally:
Cooperation and Complications
This collection of essays by Washington Institute experts explores how the United States can work with--or, in some cases, around--the
Nov 18, 2016
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • David Pollock
  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Fabrice Balanche
  • Bilal Wahab
  • Anna Borshchevskaya

Recent Policy Analysis by Anna Borshchevskaya

Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Saudi Arabia
Articles & Testimony
Can Biden Convince Saudis to See the Western Position on Russia?
Jun 28, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
A Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Reflagging Ships Could Be the Answer to Russia's Blockade of Black Sea Ports
Jun 2, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Garrett I. Campbell
Saudi men read a newspaper - source: Reuters
Articles & Testimony
Is the West Losing the Battle of Narratives in the Middle East?
May 9, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Catherine Cleveland
Articles & Testimony
Global Food Insecurity:
Why Putin’s Battle for Ukrainian Farmland Is So Dangerous
Apr 28, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Articles & Testimony
The Evolution of Russian Strategy Toward Israel: From Non-Recognition to Pragmatic Engagement
March 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
NATO solderis with alliance and national flags
Articles & Testimony
How Putin and NATO Could Get Pulled Into a Disaster in Ukraine
Mar 15, 2022
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
All Policy Analysis by Anna Borshchevskaya
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