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03625aam a2200457 i 4500 001 5D08672CDCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 210318t20222022enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021010173 020 $a 0755634632 020 $a 9780755634637 035 $a (OCoLC)1243013499 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCL $d UKMGB $d CDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ff----- $a e-ru--- $a aw----- $a ff----- 050 00 $a DK68.7.S95 $b B67 2022 082 00 $a 956.9104/23347 $2 23 100 1 $a Borshchevskaya, Anna, $e author. 245 10 $a Putin's war in Syria : $b Russian foreign policy and the price of America's absence / $c Anna Borshchevskaya. 264 1 $a London ; $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2022. 300 $a ix, 242 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1: Tsarist Russia's history in the Middle East and North Africa -- 2: The Soviet Union in the Middle East and the Afghanistan intervention -- 3: Russia in the 1990s -- 4: Putin returns Russia to the Middle East -- 5: The Russia Iran Syria triangle -- 6: The military campaign -- 7: The domestic campaign -- 8: Diplomatic efforts -- 9: Diplomacy with military action -- 10: Moscow's relationships with regional actors: Israel -- 11: Moscow's relationships with Sunni actors, Iran and Assad -- 12: Russia and Syria's resources. 520 $a "Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a "quagmire" in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East. This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East - historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus - and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria, particularly US absence, and what the role of the West is, and could be, in the Middle East"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Foreign relations $z Syria. 651 0 $a Syria $x Foreign relations $z Russia (Federation) 651 0 $a Syria $x Participation, Russian. $y Civil War, 2011- $x Participation, Russian. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Foreign relations $z Middle East. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Foreign relations $z Russia (Federation) 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Military participation $x Russian. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353746 651 7 $a Middle East. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01241586 651 7 $a Russia (Federation) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01262050 651 7 $a Syria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208757 648 7 $a 2011 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Borshchevskaya, Anna, $t Putin's war in Syria $d London ; New York : I.B. TAURIS, 2021. $z 9780755634644 $w (DLC) 2021010174 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014615.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5D08672CDCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search