The Military & Security Cooperation between Iran and Russia in the Syrian Crisis with the Approach of Realism 2010-2017
Subject Areas : علوم سیاسی
Keywords: Syrian crisis, civil war, Russia's Military-security policy, Iran's Military-security policy, regional competition,
Abstract :
Iran, one of the powerful players in West Asia, from the beginning of the crisis in Syria, always tried to sensitively take a completely different position from other regional players in supporting the political system of Syria, as one of the important priorities in foreign policy. , follow his military and security. Iran's positions in the Syrian crisis were based on the overlap of the national security interests of this country and the Syrian nation-state, because the victory of fundamentalist Salafist groups in Syria could be the biggest security threat to the axis of resistance, Iran's national interests, and Shia geopolitics in the long run. The region should include Shamat and Iraq. These conditions also existed for Russia, which envisions its own interests in the region of West Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean. Due to its energy resources and geopolitical location, this region is considered an influential and unforgivable area for actors like Russia. By presenting ISIS as a security concern, Tehran and Moscow succeeded in limiting the American effort to have a serious presence in Syria through close cooperation in addition to eliminating the threat of ISIS. In this article, an attempt was made to answer this question by relying on the theory of realism, how the crisis in Syria has affected the relations between Iran and Russia between 2010 and 2017 by emphasizing military-security cooperation.
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