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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20324</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-4-790-805</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">“Syrian Issue” in Turkish-US Relations</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«Сирийская проблема» в турецко-американских отношениях</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Alieva</surname><given-names>Altunay Ilgar kyzy</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алиева</surname><given-names>Алтунай Илгар кызы</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Junior Research Fellow, Expert of the Center for Security and Development Studies, School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>младший научный сотрудник факультета мировой политики МГУ имени М.В. Ломоносова, сотрудник Центра проблем безопасности и развития факультета мировой политики МГУ</p></bio><email>alieva_altunay@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Grand Strategy and Syrian Crisis: Coalition Wars of the Great and Rising Powers</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Большая стратегия (Grand Strategy) и сирийский кризис: коалиционные войны великих и восходящих держав</issue-title><fpage>790</fpage><lpage>805</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-01-15"><day>15</day><month>01</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Alieva A.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Алиева А.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Alieva A.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Алиева А.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20324">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20324</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria, the United States of America and the Turkish Republic have been active supporters of a replacement of the Syrian government and the resignation of the President B. al-Assad. The search for a solution to the “Syrian issue” has opened up broad opportunities for Turkish-American cooperation. The article observes the most important areas of this interaction and attempts to explain the intensification of the Turkish-American contradictions in the context of the events of recent years in Syria. The twopart structure of the article reflects the logic of Turkish-American relations development as a result of rapid change of the balance of power in Syria and the region. Two phases are clearly visible. AmericanTurkish cooperation, including joint work to strengthen the combat potential of the Syrian opposition, took place in the early stages of the Syrian conflict in 2011-2013. However, by 2014 it was replaced by the two states’ rivalry for influence in the Syrian Arab Republic. The “Kurdish issue” became the main reason for the deepening differences between the allies. It started to determine Ankara and Washington’s behavior to all the participants of the conflict in Syria. Intensification of struggle against terrorism in the Syrian Arabic Republic revealed deep differences in both Turkish and American governments’ approaches towards the key participants of the Syrian conflict. The author concludes that today the United States and Turkey are acting on the Syrian direction based on the unconditional priority of their own national interests, but not the formal allied obligations binding them.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>С начала гражданской войны на территории Сирийской Арабской Республики (САР) Соединенные Штаты Америки и Турецкая Республика выступили активными сторонниками смены правительства и отставки президента Б. Асада. Поиски путей политического урегулирования «сирийской проблемы» открыли широкие возможности для турецко-американского взаимодействия. В статье рассматриваются наиболее важные направления двустороннего взаимодействия и предпринимается попытка объяснить усиление американо-турецких противоречий на фоне событий последних лет в Сирии. Двухчастная структура статьи отражает логику развития взаимоотношений Турецкой Республики и Соединенных Штатов Америки в условиях стремительного изменения расстановки сил в Сирии и регионе, и в этом развитии четко прослеживаются два этапа. Имевшее место на ранних этапах сирийского конфликта в 2011-2013 гг. американо-турецкое сотрудничество, включавшее в том числе и совместную работу по укреплению боевого потенциала сирийской оппозиции, к 2014 г. сменилось соперничеством этих государств за влияние на территории Сирийской Арабской Республики. Основной причиной углубления разногласий между союзниками выступил «курдский вопрос», который во многом стал определять линию поведения Анкары и Вашингтона в отношении участников конфликта в Сирии. Развертывание борьбы с терроризмом в САР выявило глубокие различия в подходах турецкого и американского правительств по отношению к ключевым участникам сирийского конфликта. Автор приходит к выводу, что сегодня США и Турция действуют на сирийском направлении, исходя из безусловной приоритетности собственных национальных интересов, а не связывающих их формальных союзнических обязательств. При этом вопрос отстранения от власти в Сирии Б. Асада и для Вашингтона, и для Анкары отошел на второй план, уступив место борьбе с вызовами национальной безопасности в лице экстремистских и террористических организаций типа «Исламского государства»1.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>USA</kwd><kwd>Turkey</kwd><kwd>Syria</kwd><kwd>Syrian conflict</kwd><kwd>Islamic State</kwd><kwd>Kurdish issue</kwd><kwd>terrorism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>Турция</kwd><kwd>Сирия</kwd><kwd>сирийский конфликт</kwd><kwd>«Исламское государство»</kwd><kwd>курдский вопрос</kwd><kwd>терроризм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abramowitz, M.I. &amp; Edelman, E.S. (2013). U.S.-Turkish Cooperation toward a post-Assad Syria. Bipartisan Policy Center, April.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Иванова И.И. 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