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This study considers Russian-Turkish relations within the context of the Syrian war. We elaborate on both Russia’s and Turkey’s strategies and their understanding of the Syrian War, and consider how the two countries have managed to stay on the same page despite conflictual strategies and geopolitical interests in Syria. The current literature does not address this question and does not thoroughly compare their actions and engagements in the field. This article aims to clarify Turkey-Russia relations in the Syria and provides evidence of how they are in conflict and cooperate at the same time. In this regard, it is argued that the available evidence indicates that Turkey-Russia relations in Syria operate on the “compartmentalisation” strategy. In order to test this argument, the qualitative research method based on secondary resources is used while the theoretical framework previously formulated by Onis and Yilmaz (2015) is adopted. They conceptualise Turkey-Russia relations as if they do “compartmentalise economic issues and geopolitical rivalries in order to avoid the negative spillover of certain disagreements into areas of bilateral cooperation.” Furthermore, they claim that compartmentalisation can be hindered if there are deepening security concerns in an area like Syria. However, this article underscores that compartmentalisation does not only work by separating the economic issue from geopolitical rivalries; it also makes Turkey and Russia able to cooperate and conflict in a specific and fundamentally conflictual geopolitical issue such as Syria. The convergences and divergences that occurred in the Syrian field are conceptualised under the strategy of compartmentalisation. In this context, the cooperation – the signed agreements and established mechanisms, conflicts, and clashes in the field, are acknowledged as the consequences of the compartmentalisation strategy in Syria. The compartmentalisation strategy is specifically used in Syria in order to avoid the negative impacts of direct clashes in bilateral cooperation and agreements. It can therefore be concluded that the deepening divergence in security related issue does not necessarily prevent compartmentalisation; on the contrary, compartmentalisation paves the way for stabilisation of such deepening divergence.
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The Middle East is witnessing a total makeover that could change the rules of war, peace and stability not only in the region, but also the whole globe. Main directors of this shift are Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Main goal of following article is to analyze contemporary influence of Turkey and Russia on reality of Middle East, especially on regional security and to point consequences this partnership implicates for future shape of the region.
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Bliski Wschód doświadcza obecnie całkowitej przebudowy, która może odmienić zasady wojny, pokoju oraz stabilności nie tylko w ramach regionu, ale również całego globu. Głównymi reżyserami tych zmian są prezydent Władimir Putin oraz prezydent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Celem artykułu jest analiza współczesnego wpływu Turcji oraz Rosji na sytuację na Bliskim Wschodzie, w szczególności na bezpieczeństwo regionalne oraz konsekwencje turecko-rosyjskiego partnerstwa na przyszły kształt regionu.
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As a result of the growing status of the People’s Republic of China in the international arena, the self-interest and principles of the foreign policy of this state are changing. In only a few regions of the world, this transformation is as visible as in the Middle East. In the 21st century, China’s engagement in this area was growing dynamically due to three processes: development of the Chinese economy, Beijing’s increasing great-power ambitions and rising instability after the outbreak of the Arab Spring. Strategic goals, which are results of those processes, includes a search for natural resources, promotion of own international initiatives among nations from the region and attempt to resolve local security issues. Nevertheless, growing engagement causes dilemmas, which China has not encounter beforehand. The most important of them is maintaining neutrality in case of confl ict between diff erent partners.
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Wraz z rosnącym statusem Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej na arenie międzynarodowej zmieniają się interesy oraz założenia polityki zagranicznej tego państwa. W niewielu regionach świata ta transformacja jest równie widoczna jak na Bliskim Wschodzie. W XXI wieku zaangażowanie Chin na tym obszarze rosło dynamicznie się z powodu trzech procesów: rozwoju chińskiej gospodarki, rosnących ambicji mocarstwowych Pekinu oraz zwiększenia się niestabilności regionu po wybuchu Arabskiej Wiosny Ludów. Wynikające z tego cele strategiczne obejmują pozyskiwanie surowców naturalnych, promowanie własnych inicjatywach międzynarodowych wśród państw regionu i próbę rozwiązania lokalnych problemów bezpieczeństwa. Wrastające zaangażowanie rodzi jednak dylematy, z którymi Chiny się wcześniej nie stykały. Najważniejszym z nich jest zachowanie neutralności w sytuacji konfliktu pomiędzy różnymi partnerami.
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