چکیده:
Russia as an important Trans-regional and revived power in the global scene has taken a different approach toward Syrian crisis from of Western and Arabian countries; a strategy that is based on steadfast diplomatic and military support from Assad regime. As a basic and core question، we ask why Russia has taken a strategy toward Syrian crisis different from that of Western and Arabian countries and which factors have pushed Russia to this path? The findings of this research show that the confrontation between Russia and west is in fact a conflict upon global order and the norms which can affect Russian regional and global interests in this crisis. Moreover، Russia’s political structure and Russian elites’ perceptions with regard to this crisis are considered as mediating variables which have transformed and translated systemic threats and pressures in the Syrian crisis upon Russia’s foreign policy. These have pushed Russia to take a different path from the West. Our research methodology is descriptive-analytical and we have used library and internet sources for data collection.
خلاصه ماشینی:
com 312 Central Eurasian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Autumn & Winter 2015 Introduction Coinciding with the start of the crisis in Syria, Russia provided significant arms assistance to Syria and simultaneously benefited from its diplomatic support in the global and regional system; especially this support has been useful for Syria in the Security Council of the United Nations, where Russia successfully prevented US efforts to increase pressure on Assad (5: 2012, Gorenburg).
The main question of this writing is why Russia has adopted a different strategy (military and diplomatic support for Syria against domestic and regional opponents) from the West and Arab countries in dealing with the Syrian crisis, and what factors have influenced the implementation of this strategy?
The hypothesis of this writing is based on the idea that: the confrontation between Russia and the West in the Syrian crisis is over the issue of global order and norms, which has affected Russia’s regional and global interests during this crisis, and also the political structure and the perception of Russian elites of this crisis, which translates and converts the systematic threats and pressures in the Syrian crisis into Russian foreign policy, as mediating variables have led to Russia’s different strategy from the West during the Syrian crisis.
Russia's Strategy in the Syrian Crisis (2011-2014) 321 In this regard, considering the special position of the Middle East in international politics, the trends in this region gained special importance in the foreign policy of Putin-Medvedev (8 :2010 ,Kreutz).
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