Bliski Wschód jako region ścierania się interesów mocarstw regionalnych i globalnych. Implikacje dla bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego
Middle East As the Region Where Interests of Regional and Global Powers Clash. Implications for International Security

Author(s): Katarzyna Czornik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: regional powers; global powers; Middle East; rivalry
Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the 21st century, Middle East was engulfed with intraregional conflicts, which were made international, as external (global) powers were involved in them; these powers have commenced intensified actions to be able to influence the events in the Middle East. The rivalry of the powers in the region is therefore multifaceted and multilevel. The rivalry of regional and global powers is not direct, though, which means that rather than any armed conflicts among the powers, there are the so-called proxy wars. Participating in the regional conflicts in the Middle East, global powers pursue their own particular long- and short-term interests, they support their permanent allies and commence activities in order to win new ones.

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