The Changing Conceptual Landscape of the Russian War in Ukraine (2014-Present) and Syria (2011-Present)
The Changing Conceptual Landscape of the Russian War in Ukraine (2014-Present) and Syria (2011-Present)
Author(s): Piotr PietrzakSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Governance, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Developing nations, Politics and law, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Ukraine; Russia; War; Syria; International Relations; Conflict Managmenet; Warfare
Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to present and compare the main developments in the Russian wars in Ukraine and Syria by considering the main patterns, parallels, and changing trajectories that could shed more light onto both of these war zones, which are highly interlinked due to Russia’s leading role in both. It analytically, comparatively, and contemplatively approaches those developments by highlighting multiple similarities and the main differences in global responses to these conflicts. Both conflicts should be seen as highly unpredictable, dynamic, and unnecessarily extended asymmetric proxy wars in which global powers test their new military doctrines and their competitors' responses to their unconventional actions and other unsolicited and indirect interferences in the local dynamism of both wars. Unlike in Syria, the Ukrainian war zone is wholly transformative and ready for the adoption of partial hybridization and the utilization of the new software-defined warfare in combination with conventional weapons.
Journal: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
- Issue Year: 10/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 152-170
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
