ON THE CAUSES AND ROLE OF HYDROCARBON RESOURCES IN THE ORIGIN OF THE SYRIAN CONFLICT
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2022-1-1109
Abstract
Aim. To determine the key causes and role of hydrocarbon resources in the emergence of the political crisis and civil war in Syria, as well as to assess the internal and external factors that led to the emergence and spread of the Syrian conflict in 2011–2016.
Methodology. The theoretical basis of the article is neorealism, neoliberalism and a systematic approach to the analysis of international relations, as well as historical-genetic and historical-comparative methods.
Results. The conclusion is made about the significance of various factors in the development of the Syrian crisis. The beginning of the political crisis in Syria is an illustration of how the economic development dependence on the production and export of oil and gas to the external market can hold back the industrialization of the country. The neo-liberal reforms led by the Syrian government only exacerbated the problems, causing damage to the social development and exacerbating the already existing socio-economic tensions in Syrian society, which were taken advantage of by outside forces. The author argues that these factors made Syria vulnerable, causing the outbreak of a hybrid war and foreign intervention.
Research implications. The obtained results create the background for further detailed study of the causes of the Syrian crisis in particular and modern threats to the national security of the state in general.
About the Author
O. Khlopov
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg A. Khlopov – PhD in Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Foreign Regional Studies
125993, Moscow, Miusskayapl. 6, korp.4
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