Into the Quagmire? Explaining Russia's Military Intervention in Syria
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2016

From 30 September 2015 until the official announcement of the withdrawal of its armed forces on 14 March 2016, Russia engaged in a large-scale military intervention in Syria. This was the first Russian military intervention outside the Post-Soviet space in the post-Cold War age. In this thesis, I therefore consider the following research question: Why did Russia conduct a military intervention in Syria in September 2015? To answer this question, I develop a three-leveled analytical approach. By