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In part five, Jon Alterman looks at how the Middle East views Russia. He starts with Russia's relationships with Israel and Iran, before moving on to how Arab states, particularly Egypt, view Russia. Jon talks\xa0with Elizabeth Tsurkov, fellow at the Center for Global Policy and at the Forum for Regional Thinking; Mohamed Anis Salem, an Egyptian diplomat with 35 years of experience; and Anna Borschevskaya, senior fellow at the Washington Institute.\nSong Credits: \u201cDenzel Sprak\u201d from CloudCover; \u201cCoulis Coulis\u201d from Confectionery; \u201cTarte Tatin\u201d from Confectionery; \u201cDusting\u201d from Confectionery, all via Blue Dot Studios.\nTheme\xa0Song: "Tales of Arabia" by GreatstockMusic via Pond5.\n\nElizabeth Tsurkov, "Syria's Economic Meltdown," Center for Global Policy, June 15, 2020.\n\nAnna Borschevskaya and Catherine Cleveland, "Russia's Arabic Propaganda," The Washington Institute, December 2018.\n\nMohamed Anis Salem, "Arab Civil Nuclear Energy Programmes in a New Strategic Landscape,"\xa0The Nuclear Forum: Security Through Disarmament, 2016.\n\nEpisode Transcript, "Russia in the Middle East: Part Five," CSIS, September 29, 2020.