Why Russia Has Not (Yet) Won Over Syria And Libya

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mepo.12496" target="_blank" >10.1111/mepo.12496</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Why Russia Has Not (Yet) Won Over Syria And Libya

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

What appears to be Russia&apos;s recent series of successes in the Middle East has been considered by many commentators as a sign of its rising power in one of the world&apos;s key regions. Indeed, alongside Iran, Russia has helped its key ally, the Bashar al-Assad regime, which had been at the brink of collapse in 2015, to regain control over much of Syria. Moscow has also provided support to General Khalifa Haftar to make significant advances against his opponents in the Libyan civil war. This article questions these widespread assumptions. It makes the point that these successes have been rather minor and are likely to be short-lived in the face of the challenges both Arab republics face. In spite of tactical gains, Moscow has trapped itself in the messy politics of civil-war-torn nations with a host of economic, political and social problems. Should Moscow benefit from its presence in these nations, it has to engage substantially in the costly postwar reconstruction, international support and - particularly in the case of Syria - convoluted entanglement of the often-contradictory interests of regional powers. This article claims that, while Russia has little to gain from engagement in these challenging tasks, it is likely to be dragged into them.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Why Russia Has Not (Yet) Won Over Syria And Libya

Popis výsledku anglicky

What appears to be Russia&apos;s recent series of successes in the Middle East has been considered by many commentators as a sign of its rising power in one of the world&apos;s key regions. Indeed, alongside Iran, Russia has helped its key ally, the Bashar al-Assad regime, which had been at the brink of collapse in 2015, to regain control over much of Syria. Moscow has also provided support to General Khalifa Haftar to make significant advances against his opponents in the Libyan civil war. This article questions these widespread assumptions. It makes the point that these successes have been rather minor and are likely to be short-lived in the face of the challenges both Arab republics face. In spite of tactical gains, Moscow has trapped itself in the messy politics of civil-war-torn nations with a host of economic, political and social problems. Should Moscow benefit from its presence in these nations, it has to engage substantially in the costly postwar reconstruction, international support and - particularly in the case of Syria - convoluted entanglement of the often-contradictory interests of regional powers. This article claims that, while Russia has little to gain from engagement in these challenging tasks, it is likely to be dragged into them.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Middle East Policy

ISSN

1061-1924

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

27

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

81-93

Kód UT WoS článku

000566357400006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85090110305