Russia's pattern of behavior in the international crisis in Syria

Abstract

The Syrian crisis is one of the most important crises in the Middle East that has experienced the arrival of regional and non-regional actors since 2011. One of the most important non-regional powers that showed effective participation in the Syrian crisis was Russia. Russia's military intervention in the Syrian crisis since 2015 has been Russia's first post-Soviet campaign outside of its privileged interests, altering the equations of the Syrian crisis and showing that Russia is and should not be an important player in the region. ‌Less or ignored. Therefore, paying attention to the Russian model of behavior in the face of the international crisis in Syria is one of the most important issues that has been considered. Given the importance of the issue, the present study seeks to answer the important question of what Russia's behavioral pattern is in the Syrian crisis and what factors influence this pattern. In response to this question, a hypothesis is proposed that Russia's behavior pattern in the Syrian crisis has been influenced by the four factors of the structure of the international system, strategic culture, decision-making structure and geography, as a model of cooperation and competition.