Syrian Uprising: Underestimated External Factors. Critical Analysis of an American Approach to the Onset of Insurgency and Civil Wars

A L Khlebnikov; Khlebnikov A L

Syrian Uprising: Underestimated External Factors. Critical Analysis of an American Approach to the Onset of Insurgency and Civil Wars

Authors: Khlebnikov AL¹
Affiliations:
1. 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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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.

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Syria, Syrian uprising, civil war, external factors, Syrian regime, Syrian opposition, rebels, revolution, Middle East, Arab Spring, the military, coercive apparatus, Russia, regional actors, major powers

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A L Khlebnikov

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod

Email: khleb001@umn.edu
Institute of International Relations and World History

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Syrian Uprising: Underestimated External Factors. Critical Analysis of an American Approach to the Onset of Insurgency and Civil Wars

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A L Khlebnikov

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