Název: Russia's Role and Drivers in the Syrian Conflict - An Analysis from a Classical Geopolitical Perspective
Překlad názvu: Russia's Role and Drivers in the Syrian Conflict - An Analysis from a Classical Geopolitical Perspective
Autoři: Knorr, Denise ; Riegl, Martin (vedoucí práce) ; Doboš, Bohumil (oponent)
Typ dokumentu: Diplomové práce
Rok: 2017
Jazyk: eng
Abstrakt: In 2010, the Arab Spring started in Tunisia and expanded to other countries in Northern Africa and the Middle East. In Syria, it led to one of the most severe conflicts nowadays which turned into an international struggle with several external actors involved. Whereas most of the European countries, the United States and the Gulf countries oppose the Syrian government, Russia has supported the Assad-regime since the outbreak of the conflict. This present master thesis investigates Russia's role and motivation in the Syrian crisis and the country's support of the current Assad-regime. Due to the current relevance of classical geopolitics in Russia, the author took this approach for the investigation, complemented by some concepts from a current geopolitician. There seems to be evidence that Russian foreign politics is influenced by classical geopolitics and the approach explains, at least in part, the drivers for Russia's Syria policy. The qualitative analysis used primary and secondary sources, such as Foreign Policy Concepts, Security Reports, reports from key conferences, political speeches, letters and statements. The analysis revealed evidence, that Russia's engagement is driven by security issues, channelled by its own domestic terrorist fears. Additionally, the country seems to be aiming for...
Klíčová slova: geopolitics; Iraq; Russia; Syria; The Middle East; geopolitics; Iraq; Russia; Syria; The Middle East

Instituce: Fakulty UK (VŠKP) (web)
Informace o dostupnosti dokumentu: Dostupné v digitálním repozitáři UK.
Původní záznam: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/90940

Trvalý odkaz NUŠL: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-365537


Záznam je zařazen do těchto sbírek:
Školství > Veřejné vysoké školy > Univerzita Karlova > Fakulty UK (VŠKP)
Vysokoškolské kvalifikační práce > Diplomové práce
 Záznam vytvořen dne 2017-10-04, naposledy upraven 2022-03-04.


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