Uwarunkowania stanowiska Federacji Rosyjskiej wobec kryzysu w Syrii

• Authors: Marcin Tarnawski

Title variants

EN

Determinants of the Russian Position towards the Syrian Crisis

Abstracts

EN

In the Syrian conflict Russia from the beginning used to have a clear position and also clearly emphasized opposition to the moves of the United States and Europe. The Russian position is motivated by a specific vision of a world order in which the use of force without the approval of the UN Security Council is rejected as well as any outside interference in the affairs of sovereign states. Syrian conflict is treated by the Russian authorities as an event that shapes the new law and international order. Possible solution to the Syrian problem, which would be antagonistic to the Russian position, would lead to the loss of Russian influence in this region of the world and cause the decrease of Russia’s prestige in the international arena. Russia perceives the Arab Spring as a revolution which could be dominated by extremist forces, which, moreover, also raises some concerns in the West. Russians fear that the Syrian conflict could become even more radical and spread to other countries in the region. Russian foreign policy during the events of the autumn of 2013 was clearly aimed at refusing any concessions concerning possible intervention in Syria.

PL

W sprawie konfliktu syryjskiego Rosja od samego początku przyjmowała bardzo jednoznaczne stanowisko i wyraźnie akcentowała sprzeciw wobec posunięć Stanów Zjednoczonych i Europy. Rosyjskie stanowisko jest motywowane specyficzną wizją porządku światowego, w którym odrzuca się użycie siły bez zgody Rady Bezpieczeństwa ONZ oraz jakąkolwiek ingerencję zewnętrzną w sprawy suwerennych państw. Konflikt syryjski, przez rosyjskie władze, jest traktowany jako wydarzenie, które kształtuje nowy ład i porządek międzynarodowy. Ewentualne rozwiązanie problemu Syrii, które byłoby sprzeczne ze stanowiskiem Rosji wiązałoby się z utratą rosyjskich wpływów w tym regionie świata i powodowałoby spadek prestiżu Rosji na arenie międzynarodowej. Rosja postrzega również całość Arabskiej Wiosny jako rewolucję, która mogłaby być zdominowana przez siły ekstremistów, co zresztą budzi pewne obawy również na Zachodzie. Rosjanie obawiają się, że konflikt syryjski mógłby się jeszcze bardziej zradykalizować i rozprzestrzenić na inne państwa regionu. Rosyjska polityka zagraniczna w trakcie wydarzeń z jesieni 2013 r. ewidentnie nie była nastawiona na jakiekolwiek ustępstwa w sprawie ewentualnej interwencji w Syrii.

Keywords

EN

The Arab Spring; Syria; Russia; chemical weapons; foreign policy of the Russian Federation

PL

Arabska Wiosna; Syria; Rosja; broń chemiczna; polityka zagraniczna Federacji Rosyjskiej

• Publisher: Akademia Zamojska
• Journal: Facta Simonidis
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 121-137

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Marcin Tarnawski

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Identifiers

DOI

10.56583/fs.192

Biblioteka Nauki

26850880