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The Syrian Conflict and Russia’s Search for Regional Hegemony in a Contested Middle East: Implications for the Euro-Atlantic Community. EU Diplomacy Paper 10/2017
The Syrian conflict, a civil war with sectarian patterns driven by endogenous andexogenous dynamics, has turned into a proxy war catalysing the major geopoliticaltensions of today’s contested world order. The conflict represents a major challengefor the Euro-Atlantic community as it reflects Russia’s reassertion as a counter-powerto the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) in the Middle East. Taking astructural realist approach, the Syrian conflict can be interpreted as a confrontationfor regional hegemony. This paper explores the implications of Russia’s reassertion forthe Euro-Atlantic community’s approaches to Syria and the Middle East as well as fortransatlantic relations. It argues that in the power vacuum created by the Arab Spring,Russia’s engagement in Syria has highlighted the limits of American and Europeanapproaches to the region. Moreover, Russia’s reassertion as a regional hegemonchallenges the Euro-Atlantic cohesion and is likely to lead to a ‘forced emancipation’of the EU from the US as a strategic foreign policy actor.
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