Title
On Russia’s Motives Behind Its Military Intervention In Syria
Authors
Year of publication
2015
Published in
Article type
scientific article
Publication language
english
Keywords
Abstract
EN This article analyses the causes of Russia’s military intervention in Syria as well as the main motives behind its unanticipated decision to get involved. Since the launch of the military operations (i.e. since 30th September, 2015), European and American experts have speculated a lot on the causes and aims of the Russian involvement. This article takes into consideration only the most likely and well-grounded reasons behind Russia’s military operation. While neither of them precludes or contradicts the others, an attempt has been made to narrow down the list to the key determinants, considering the high costs of the operation and the risks involved. Getting an insight into the underlying reasons can provide reasonable grounds on which to forecast possible scenarios for Syria and offer “political” approaches to settling the conflicts in the Near East. This article argues in favour of the geopolitical nature of the motives behind the military operation in Syria, and it provides a logical rationale for Russia’s striving to regain the position of a world power with a say in resolving vital conflicts in the region and, at the same time, to draw global attention away from the Crimean Crisis and from the failure of the Kremlin’s policy in Ukraine, and, last but not least, to overcome its international isolation following the annexation of Crimea.
Date of online publication
31.12.2015
Pages (from - to)
56 - 77
Copyrights to the institution
Akademia Sztuki Wojennej
License type
CC BY (attribution alone)
Open Access Mode
publisher's website
Open Access Text Version
final published version
Release date
31.12.2015
Date of Open Access to the publication
at the time of publication
Ministry points / journal
7
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