O ressurgimento da Rússia na era Putin, a influência exercida no Oriente Médio e sua conexão com a Síria

Abstract

This research points out as central theme the political and strategic behavior of Russia in the Putin Era (1999 - 2018) and its general objective is to understand some factors that make this superpower have interests in the Middle East region, first of all on Syria, that lives under the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad. As for the methodology, it is a descriptive, bibliographical and documentary research. In the theoretical development of this work were addressed the following themes: the resurgence of Russia after the Cold War, the Putin government and the Middle East and the connection between Russia and Syria. Data analysis focused on verifying the change in direction that the 21st century leadership provided the Russian Federation in the economic, military, social and political sectors. In addition, there is also an approach to the proximity between the allies Putin and Assad, which became more evident to the international system after the advent of the Arab Spring. The result shows that the current century is marking the relocation of Russia, in the geostrategic field, as a major player in the arrangement of States, especially in Middle East.