The future of Russian-arab relations in the context of the political crisis in the middle east

Abstract

© Serials Publications. The urgency of the problem is caused by the growing role of Russia in the context of the deteriorating political situation in the Middle East, which, in turn, reveals a fundamentally important issue. Is there a future for Russian-Arab relations and what is their international legal basis, especially in the context of the political crisis in Syria? The purpose of this article is to identify and study trends that indicate the growth of Russian influence in the Middle East, as well as analysis of the main areas of joint cooperation and legal framework of multilateral Russian-Arab relations. Leading approaches to the study of this problem are political modeling and forecasting in combination with the structure functional study of the object of cognition. As a result of the study, we came to the following main conclusions: 1) the "Arab view" in relation to Russia is ambiguous and directly depends on the political and economic goals of a particular state of the region; 2) legal framework of Russian-Arab relations is quite diverse and is conditioned by the main areas of Russia's cooperation with the countries of the Arab East (counter-terrorism, arms transfers, construction of energy facilities); 3) activation of Russia's position in Syria has formed a true balance of power in the region, having filled up the void of the failing pro-Western and, above all, pro-American influence on the political alignment of forces in a number of Arab states. Materials of this study may be useful for analysts, orientalists, international lawyers, as well as teaching staff of higher education institutions, specializing in teaching International relations and International law.