We analyse what effect Russian diplomacy and military action is having on the three year old crisis. Mike Hanna speaks to Mahjoob Zweiri, a professor of modern and contemporary history of the Middle East at Qatar University, Alexander Shumilin, head of the Moscow-based Center for the Analysis of Middle East Conflicts and Mark Kimmitt, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East.
