THE IMPACT OF THE SYRIAN CRISIS ON MIDDLE EAST GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS
Accepted
26 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2014
Abstract
AS PROVEN BY HISTORICAL EVENTS, THE MIDDLE EAST IS A HIGHLY INTERCONNECTED GEOPOLITICAL ARENA, THERE CHANGES IN THE INTERNAL STATUS QUO OF ONE ACTOR, SUCH AS SYRIA, IN THIS CASE, AFFECTS THE STATUS QUO OF THE ENTIRE REGION IN A PROFOUND MANNER. REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SUNNI -SHIA RIVALRY, P OOR GOVERNANCE, EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM AND ARCHAIC AUTHORITARIAN RULING ARE SUPERIMPOSED OVER INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OR RUSSIA. THIS ARTICLE TRIES TO SUMMARIZE THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE STARTING POINT OF TH E SYRIAN CRISIS.
Keywords
SYRIAN CRISIS
MIDDLE EAST
SHIA
SUNNI
IRAN
ISLAMIC STATE
YEMEN
BORDERS
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