Peculiarities of Russia’s Geopolitical Status in the Middle East
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.019How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Middle East, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Qatar, ISIS, strategic interests, national security, regional stability
- Abstract
When realizing its interests, Moscow acts in the Middle East quite flexibly. Giving priority to its own strategic goals on the international arena and pursuing a pragmatic foreign policy Russia tries to earn a reputation among the countries of the Middle East region as a strong, non-ideological and reliable political power. The purpose of the study is to determine the priorities of Russia’s foreign policy in the Middle East, systematize the goals and objectives of Russian foreign policy and assess the role of Russia as an important external player in one of the most unstable and at the same time strategically important and promising regions. Methods and the results of the study. In the course of the study, the comparative analysis was used, allowing to construct the system of Russia’s involvement in political processes in the Middle East while defining Moscow’s role in the recent developments. Conclusion and recommendations. Recently, it is possible to observe a number of Russian actions based on foreign policy balancing, in particular, the cessation of arms supplies to Iran, as well as the limitation of arms exports to Syria in order to maintain good relations with Israel. In a similar vein, Russia acts by balancing in economic and political spheres.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ruslan Shangaraev AU - Olga Timakova PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/30 TI - Peculiarities of Russia’s Geopolitical Status in the Middle East BT - Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 105 EP - 109 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.019 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200324.019 ID - Shangaraev2020 ER -