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- Title
Why Putin Wants Syria.
- Authors
Valenta, Jiri; Valenta, Leni Friedman
- Abstract
The article discusses the Russian President Vladimir Putin's policy of intervening in Syria's Civil War on behalf of the Syrian President Bashar Assad, referencing the history of Russian foreign relations from 1991 through the mid 2010s. The role that Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian Conflict in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine plays in Russian intervention in Syria is discussed.
- Subjects
RUSSIAN participation in the Syrian Civil War, 2011-; PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; ASSAD, Bashar, 1965-; RUSSIAN foreign relations, 1991-; UKRAINE Conflict, 2014- -- Social aspects; INTERVENTION (International law) -- History; TWENTY-first century; HISTORY
- Publication
Middle East Quarterly, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1073-9467
- Publication type
Article