Paul Wood

Pax Russica: as Trump abandons Syria’s Kurds, Russia is ready to expand its empire

The President has always said he wants to get America out of foreign wars. But is he playing into Putin’s hands?

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Paul Wood was a BBC foreign correspondent for 25 years, in Belgrade, Athens, Cairo, Jerusalem, Kabul and Washington DC. He has won numerous awards, including two US Emmys for his coverage of the Syrian civil war

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