Syrian Uprising: Underestimated External Factors. Critical Analysis of an American Approach to the Onset of Insurgency and Civil Wars
- Authors: Khlebnikov AL1
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Affiliations:
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
- Issue: No 3 (2014): Middle East: Geopolitics, Energy, “Arab Spring”
- Pages: 39-48
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10782
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the critical analysis of the Fearon and Laitin’s approach to the onset of insurgencies and civil wars, using the case of the Syrian Uprising. It examines the role of external factors which is underestimated by the American scholars.
About the authors
A L Khlebnikov
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod
Email: khleb001@umn.edu
Institute of International Relations and World History