HOME View All Genre

Book

Audiobook

GENRES 🌙 Dark

Moscow's War in Syria - Seth G. Jones

By Seth G. Jones

Release Date: 2020-08-05

Genre: Political Science

(0 ratings)
Read Download
This report examines Russia's military and diplomatic campaign in Syria, the largest and most significant Russian out-of-area operation since the end of the Cold War. Russia's experience in Syria will shape its military thinking, influence promotion and personnel decisions, impact research and development for its arms industry, and expand its influence in the Middle East and beyond for the foreseeable future. Yet despite the importance of Russia's involvement in Syria—especially as the United States competes with countries such as Russia and China—there has been little systematic analysis of Russia's campaign in Syria. This research aims to help fill the gap and provides some new analysis and data. It conducts a broad assessment of the Russian campaign—including political objectives, diplomatic initiatives, and civilian targeting—which places the military campaign in a wider context. In addition, it compiles a data set of Russia's civilian targeting and analyzes satellite imagery of Russian activity.

Overall, this report concludes that Russia was relatively successful in achieving its main near-term political and military objectives in Syria, including preventing the collapse of the Assad regime (an important regional partner) and thwarting a possible U.S. attempt to overthrow Assad. Still, Russia used a systematic punishment campaign that involved attacks against civilian and humanitarian infrastructure in an attempt to deny resources—including food, fuel, and medical aid—to the opposition while simultaneously eroding the will of civilians to support opposition groups.

Moscow's War in Syria - Seth G. Jones

By Seth G. Jones

Release Date: 2020-08-05

Genre: Political Science

(0 ratings)
Read Download
This report examines Russia's military and diplomatic campaign in Syria, the largest and most significant Russian out-of-area operation since the end of the Cold War. Russia's experience in Syria will shape its military thinking, influence promotion and personnel decisions, impact research and development for its arms industry, and expand its influence in the Middle East and beyond for the foreseeable future. Yet despite the importance of Russia's involvement in Syria—especially as the United States competes with countries such as Russia and China—there has been little systematic analysis of Russia's campaign in Syria. This research aims to help fill the gap and provides some new analysis and data. It conducts a broad assessment of the Russian campaign—including political objectives, diplomatic initiatives, and civilian targeting—which places the military campaign in a wider context. In addition, it compiles a data set of Russia's civilian targeting and analyzes satellite imagery of Russian activity.

Overall, this report concludes that Russia was relatively successful in achieving its main near-term political and military objectives in Syria, including preventing the collapse of the Assad regime (an important regional partner) and thwarting a possible U.S. attempt to overthrow Assad. Still, Russia used a systematic punishment campaign that involved attacks against civilian and humanitarian infrastructure in an attempt to deny resources—including food, fuel, and medical aid—to the opposition while simultaneously eroding the will of civilians to support opposition groups.

More by Seth G. Jones

In the Graveyard of Empires

Hunting in the Shadows

RAND Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, Fall 2012

Three Dangerous Men

Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan

A Covert Action

Waging Insurgent Warfare

Counterinsurgency in Pakistan

America's Role in Nation-Building

The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building

Occupying Iraq

Reintegrating Afghan Insurgents

Afghanistan’s Local War

How Terrorist Groups End

The UN's Role in NationBuilding

Rolling Back the Islamic State

A Persistent Threat

Afghanistan After the Drawdown

Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Somalia

Rebuilding the Arsenal of Democracy: The U.S. and Chinese Defense Industrial Bases in an Era of Great Power Competition

Securing Health

Establishing Law and Order After Conflict

Securing Tyrants or Fostering Reform? U.S. Internal Security Assistance to Repressive and Transitioning Regimes

Tajna operacja.

Competing without Fighting

Forward Defense

U.S. Defense Posture in the Middle East

Combined Arms Warfare and Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Moscow's War in Syria

Containing Tehran

In the Shadow of Ukraine

America's Security Deficit: Addressing the Imbalance Between Strategy and Resources in a Turbulent World

The Challenge of European Political Will

Europe's Role in Nation-Building

Russia's Corporate Soldiers

Europe's High-End Military Challenges

Empty Bins in a Wartime Environment

Related Articles