Abstract

The last air strikes on Syria is a case of complex international and regional relations that has been shaped by factors related to the current international system. The seemingly contradictions between the nature of the strike and its direct results is examined as the intersection through which main parties to the conflict in the region may reshape current international.

This claim is being accounted on tow intertwined levels of analyses: the first is the absence of a particular state of balance of power, and with it the order and rules of expected behavior of major powers and their allies.  lack of order compels parties to the struggle over domination in the Middle East to use combusting conflicts  in the region as a means to establish a balance of power that serves their ends. In doing so, military actions seem preferable and may lead to ending the status quo. The second is the escalating interactions among and between main regional actors reinforced by  the traits of decision makers indicated an impending regional war.

We entertain multiple theoretical premises from international politics theories including concepts of “balance of power”, “polarity”, and “cold war” in a comparative sense to capture the characteristics of current international system between within which war is highly expected. In order to examine these claims  we -inductively and deductively-  follow an analytical approach based on primary diverse sources We conclude that the assault on Syria cannot be explained or understood apart from the American-Western insistence to confront what they conceive of as Russian expanding influence globally and regionally especially through ME allies. Within this assessment one can conclude that the current escalation in the region most probably will lead to a regional war that may roll into a global one.

Key Words

Escalation, security dilemma, current international system, decision making, arms race, war.

العنوان

مجلة المستقبل العربي

الناشر

مركز دراسات الوحدة العربية

بلد الناشر

لبنان

نوع المنشور

مطبوع فقط

المجلد

476

السنة

2018

الصفحات

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