Russian Strategy and Policy in the Middle East

Blank, Stephen

doi:10.1080/23739770.2014.11446585

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“…Much of the literature agrees that Russia's primary goal in the Middle East is to counter US influence and strengthen its position in international politics by projecting power. 25 Since the 1990s, Syria has been Moscow's main ally in the region. 26 As the civil war evolved, the Russians had several interests.…”

Section: Russian Interests In Syriamentioning

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The Practice of Friendship Balancing: Russia‐Israel Relations, 2015 to 2021

Kertcher,

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2024

Middle East Policy

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Since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, Israel's reactions have been met with criticism from a key friend: Russia. However, Moscow's public condemnation of the humanitarian crisis has not changed its material or normative policies toward Israel in other respects. This article analyzes Russia‐Israel relations, especially concerning the Syrian conflict between 2015 and 2021. It demonstrates how the two states developed norms and structural practices—including regular meetings of elites, public statements, and other mechanisms—to mitigate disputes. These strategies created and sustained a friendship balance that prevented rivalry and escalation between the two. This process has helped them maintain their relationship during the recent spike of violence despite increasing strains.

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Section: Russian Interests In Syriamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Practice of Friendship Balancing: Russia‐Israel Relations, 2015 to 2021

Kertcher,

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2024

Middle East Policy

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“…The Islam has been a traditional force in regions such as the Northern Caucasus, Bashkortostan, and Tatarstan, but the increasing fundamentalist ideas, and the presence of radical elements - Simultaneously, these local elements are interlinked with external factors related to external intervention on its allies, and the defense of established geopolitical interests in the region like the protection to friendly regimes, the sustenance of the military buildup, the expansion of the energy and weapons market opportunities, and the coordination of energy prices. If Russia has enough capabilities to combine these elements into a thoroughly and coherent regional strategy has been a matter of tough discussion (Herrmann, 1994;Stepanova, 2016;Blank, 2014;Dannreuther, 2012). Even if Rubinstein initially argued that the post-Soviet Russia did not have any coherent foreign policy, it does not mean that Russia did not reformulate its global and regional priorities in a more coherent way.…”

Section: Iii1 the Return Of Russian And The Us Retreat In The Midmentioning

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After the U.S. hegemonic retreat: Russia's Foreign and Security Policy in the Middle East

Levaggi

2018

Br. Jor. Int. Rel.

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In the last years, the Russian Federation has been in the global spotlight due to a series of assertive attitudes in his 'near abroad' and beyond. A central debate in the IR discipline and the regional studies on the Post-Soviet Space and the Middle East has been on the sources and nature of that 'new' regional and global policy. Russia used to have low profile in the Middle East during the Post-Cold War years, but the escalation in the Syria Civil War due to the imminent fall of the Al-Assad Regime provoked a critical juncture that pushed Russia to support military its ally. The article argues that Russia has recovered the great power status due to a military intervention in the Middle East which has been a spin-off of the U.S. hegemonic retreat after the failure of Iraq and the Obama's decision not to act in Syria. At the same time, Russia also has operated with an acceptable degree of military efficacy on a regional order separate from its immediate zone of interest. The new involvement provides us a significant indicator of a status upgrade since the latent capabilities become actual with the projection of military strength overseas.

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“…Concerning the Arab Spring, Russia has considered it as an American operation and evaluated each case separately according to its interests. In this regard, Moscow perceived the rebellions in Egypt, Tunisia, and Syria as the repetition of the "color revolutions" that blowout through Belgrade, Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan in the 2000s and of the demonstrations in Russia in 2011-2012and Kiev in 2013-2014. This vision definitely affected Putin's calculations in Syria (Valori, 2017).…”

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Russian Role in Syria in the Light of Its Strategy Towards the Middle East (2015-2018)

Ahmed¹

2018

EJSS

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This paper contributes to the analysis the Russian strategy in the Middle East focusing on its acts in Syria. The paper raises crucial issues concerning the main aspects of Russian strategy in the ME; its motives to intervene in Syria, the relationship between Russian engagement in the conflict in Syria and the Russian-US rivalry, as well as Russian-European relations, the Russian successes and failures in Syria and how Russia's role in Syria may affect both regional and global regimes. The analysis in this paper seeks to discuss these thorny issues through a structured literature review of Russian strategy objectives and determinants in the Middle East, and its role in Syrian conflict.

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Russian Strategy and Policy in the Middle East

Cited by 5 publications

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The Practice of Friendship Balancing: Russia‐Israel Relations, 2015 to 2021

The Practice of Friendship Balancing: Russia‐Israel Relations, 2015 to 2021

After the U.S. hegemonic retreat: Russia's Foreign and Security Policy in the Middle East

Russian Role in Syria in the Light of Its Strategy Towards the Middle East (2015-2018)

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