Russia's Geostrategic Outlook And The Syrian Crisis (St. James's Studies In World Affairs).
Tohme, Hicham.
Russia's Geostrategic Outlook And The Syrian Crisis (St. James's Studies In World Affairs). - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (114 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Rearranging the Chessboard -- An undisputed hegemon? -- Two decades of American hegemony -- The 2003 Iraq War, or the United States' Pandora's box -- Meanwhile in Russia -- "Russia is concentrating" -- Georgia and the return of the Russian Bear -- The game for the Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter II: The Four Pillars of Russia's Geostrategy -- The politics of intervention and geostrategic interests -- The political economy of intervention -- The diplomacy of intervention -- The military dimension of intervention -- The four pillars of Russian wisdom -- Chapter III: Rearranging the Chessboard -- Chapter IV: The Roads Yet To Be Taken -- Syria's road to perdition -- Russia's road to acceptance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781680539769
Diplomatic relations.
Russia (Federation)-Foreign relations-Syria.
Syria-History-Civil War, 2011-.
Electronic books.
DK68.7.S95 .T646 2019
956.910423347
Russia's Geostrategic Outlook And The Syrian Crisis (St. James's Studies In World Affairs). - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (114 pages)
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Rearranging the Chessboard -- An undisputed hegemon? -- Two decades of American hegemony -- The 2003 Iraq War, or the United States' Pandora's box -- Meanwhile in Russia -- "Russia is concentrating" -- Georgia and the return of the Russian Bear -- The game for the Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter II: The Four Pillars of Russia's Geostrategy -- The politics of intervention and geostrategic interests -- The political economy of intervention -- The diplomacy of intervention -- The military dimension of intervention -- The four pillars of Russian wisdom -- Chapter III: Rearranging the Chessboard -- Chapter IV: The Roads Yet To Be Taken -- Syria's road to perdition -- Russia's road to acceptance -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781680539769
Diplomatic relations.
Russia (Federation)-Foreign relations-Syria.
Syria-History-Civil War, 2011-.
Electronic books.
DK68.7.S95 .T646 2019
956.910423347