Putin's War in Syria - Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence
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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Auflage | 2022 |
| Seiten | 256 |
| Format | 16,2 x 2 x 23,7 cm |
| Hardback | |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780755634637 |
| Bestell-Nr | 75563463EM |
The story of the political, diplomatic, and military aspects of Putin's intervention in Syria to show how Putin achieved chief Russian objectives.
Klappentext:
"Skillfully lays out Mr. Putin's approach to the Middle East." Wall Street Journal"Detailed and fascinating." Diplomatic Courier Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a "quagmire" in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East. This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East - historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus - and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves i nto the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria, particularly US absence, and what the role of the West is, and could be, in the Middle East.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
INTRODUCTION SECTION I: Russia and the Middle East Chapter 1: Soviet Union in the Middle East and the Afghanistan InterventionChapter 2: Russia in the 1990sChapter 3: Putin Returns Russia to the Middle East Chapter 4: Russia-Iran-Syria TriangleSECTION II Putin's Syria InterventionChapter 5: The Military CampaignChapter 6: The Domestic Campaign Chapter 7: Diplomatic EffortsChapter 8: Moscow and Regional ActorsChapter 9: Russia and Syria's ResourcesConclusionIndex
Rezension:
Borshchevskaya. offers one of the most durable sentences in the history of American foreign policy: "The United States threw the Kurds under the bus." Thomas E. Ricks The New York Times