Russian Military Intervention In The Middle East Security Architecture

Abstract

Fluctuations in liquid security polarity and the likelihood of the agenda of interests have created a power contestation followed by security uncertainty in the Middle East. The eruption of the Arab Spring followed by conflict in Syria posed a threat to Russia's national interests by the potential collapse of Syrian government authority. Military intervention later became a step for Russia to overcome the potential threat. It is strongly believed that the Russian military intervention has obtained a number of achievements as well as from the game changer of the course of the war in Syria as well as the value of strategic advantages in the scope of the Middle East security order. In this study using the theory of regional security complex and military intervention. The results of this study found that Russian military intervention in Syria had expanded Russia's role in Syria and the Middle East as one of the important players who created variations in the power map in the region while thwarting the design of the US version of the Middle East security.