RUSSIA AND CHINA GO HAND IN HAND TO BREAK THE CONTAINMENT POLICY OF THE USA DURING THE ARAB SPRING IN SYRIA Cover Image

AMERİKA’NIN ARAP BAHARI SIRASINDA SURİYE’DE Kİ ÇEVRELEME POLİTİKASINI KIRMAK İÇİN RUSYA VE ÇİN ELELE VERDİLER
RUSSIA AND CHINA GO HAND IN HAND TO BREAK THE CONTAINMENT POLICY OF THE USA DURING THE ARAB SPRING IN SYRIA

Author(s): Hanefi Yazici
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Political behavior, Political psychology, Studies in violence and power, Social Informatics, Victimology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Russia; China; USA; Containment Policy; Arab Spring; Middle East; Military Intervention;

Summary/Abstract: Russian and Chinese leaders fear that the Western-backed revolts against the authoritarian governments of the Middle East might encourage similar resistance among their own people. Particularly, Russia and China worry about any military intervention of the Western countries in Syria although there has been no preparation for a military intervention and the USA has not decided on a military operation. Nevertheless, both Russia and China emphasize such a probability, alleging that Syria is to be a second Libya as result thereof. In this context, they have drawn two lessons from the military intervention in Libya: that the political transformation took an early start brought along chaos and calamity. In fact, the armed military interventions of the West in the Middle East have only induced destructive consequences.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 3-11
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English