International Game between the Obama Administration of the US and Russia in the Fight against the “Islamic State”
Journal Title: GÜVENLİK STRATEJİLERİ DERGİSİ - Year 2017, Vol 13, Issue 26
Abstract
Since the “Arab Spring”, a variety of conflicts have erupted in the region and various extremist groups have emerged, especially the quasi-state “Islamic State” (IS), which has replaced the Al Qaeda to become the dominant international terrorist organization, main sponsor of large-scale terrorist attacks, propagator of extremist and terrorist ideology, and the object that many extremist terrorist organizations around the world are loyal to. The strike against the organization by the US and Russia, the two countries with strong military power and political influence, has been relatively effective. However, the US and Russia hold different views on the Syrian issue, so their measures to combat the IS have different foci. The US favors the Syrian opposition, while Russia helps the Syrian government to fight the Syrian opposition and the IS. Because of their different interests, the policies of the US and those of Russia in the Middle East also have witnessed some changes after the rise of IS, and resulted in a series of strategic games. As the two most important international powers in the world, the game between Russia and the US in Middle East has caught attention from all over the world. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the international game between the US and Russia on the fight against IS will contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the situation in the Middle East.
Authors and Affiliations
Song NUI
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP235969
- DOI -
- Views 103
- Downloads 0
What is the Human Security Approach and How the Phenomenon Contributed to the International Security Agenda: Canadian and Japanese Paradigms
The state-centered and hard-power-oriented security notion, which was dominant perspective in the international conjuncture, has been re-defined after the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). In th...
Makarenko’nun “Kara Delik Sendromu” Teorisi ve Terörizmin Finansmanında Sınıraşan Organize Suçlar
The subject of this study is to analyze the relationship between terrorism and transnational organized crime theoretically and chronologically and through examples that gained importance in both national and internationa...
İç İstikrar, Refah ve Güç Hedefleri Ekseninde Çin’in Orta Doğu Politikası
This article seeks to examine the motives behind China’s active foreign policy toward the Middle East, using Fei-Ling Wang’s incentive structure of preservation (of its own political power), (economic) prosperity and (g...
İntihar Saldırıları Üzerine Bir İnceleme: Çeçen İntihar Eylemleri
Suicide attacks are widely applied terror method all around the world primarily in the war and conflict zones. Russian Federation, where Chechen Independence Struggle happens for years, is one of the countries in which t...
Militancy Governance under State Failure: Models of Legitimacy Contestation in Ungoverned Spaces
This article makes an empirical exposition of militancy governance under state failure by focusing on ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), YPG (People’s Protection Units), Luhansk People’s Republic and Donetsk People’...