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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">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18126</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2018-20-1-36-42</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POLITICAL PROCESSES IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОЦЕССЫ В СОВРЕМЕННОМ МИРЕ</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">Russia’s Policy in the Middle East in the Context of the Crisis in Syria: Challenges and Opportunities</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Политика России на Ближнем Востоке в контексте кризиса в Сирии: вызовы и возможности</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Vakhshiteh</surname><given-names>Ahmad Naser</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Вахшитех</surname><given-names>Ахмад Насер</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate student of the Department of Comparative</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры сравнительной политологии</p></bio><email>ahmadvakhshiteh@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</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>20</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 20, NO1 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 20, №1 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>36</fpage><lpage>42</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-03-27"><day>27</day><month>03</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2017, Vakhshiteh A.N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2017, Вахшитех А.Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Vakhshiteh A.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Вахшитех А.Н.</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/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/18126">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/18126</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to the analysis of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the Middle East’s region. The author examines the evolution and transformation of this policy in the context of the Syrian crisis. The theoretical basis of the study was the theory of realistic school, the theory of “balance of power”, the concept of “balance of threats” by Stephen Walt and “securitization” of the Copenhagen school. The author comes to the following conclusions: Russian foreign policy in the Middle East after the collapse of the Soviet Union has gone through several stages of development from almost complete suspension in solving regional problems to an active role not only as a player, but also as a mediator of many regional processes, and above all the Syrian crisis. The article also attempts to forecast the situation in the Middle East from the point of view of opportunities and challenges for Russia.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья посвящена анализу внешней политики Российской Федерации в регионе Ближнего Востока. Автор рассматривает эволюцию и трансформацию данной политики в контексте сирийского кризиса. Теоретической базой исследования стали теория реалистической школы, теория «баланса сил», концепция «баланса угроз» Стивена Уолта и «секьюритизация» копенгагенской школы. Автор приходит к следующим выводам: российская внешняя политика на Ближнем Востоке после распада Советского Союза прошла несколько этапов развития от практически полного отстранения в решении региональных проблем до активной роли не только как игрока, но и медиатора многих региональных процессов, и, прежде всего, сирийского кризиса. Также в статье предпринимается попытка прогнозного анализа ситуации на Ближнем Востоке с точки зрения возможностей и вызовов для России.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Middle East</kwd><kwd>Syrian crisis</kwd><kwd>Russian foreign policy</kwd><kwd>realism</kwd><kwd>securitization</kwd><kwd>balance of power</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Ближний Восток</kwd><kwd>Сирийский кризис</kwd><kwd>российская внешняя политика</kwd><kwd>реализм</kwd><kwd>секьюритизация</kwd><kwd>«баланс сил»</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abdol-Ali Gh. International Relation: Theories and Approaches. Tehran: Samt; 2007. (In Pers.).</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Абдол-Али Г. Международные отношения: теории и подходы. 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