Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry
The negative impact of globalization is readily observed in today’s Syria. Ravished by seven years of internal conflict stimulated initially by Tunisia’s Arab awakening, this once proud state has become a magnet for religious fanatics and their wealthy sponsors in conservative Saudi Arabia and other...
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| description | The negative impact of globalization is readily observed in today’s Syria. Ravished by seven years of internal conflict stimulated initially by Tunisia’s Arab awakening, this once proud state has become a magnet for religious fanatics and their wealthy sponsors in conservative Saudi Arabia and other countries far and near seeking geopolitical advantage. Not least Syria has experienced the seemingly futile endeavors by those in the United Nations and elsewhere seeking a solution to this country’s enduring turmoil. Military intervention by Iran and Russia has changed the configuration of the conflict at the critical point in time when Israeli and American intervention provides a dangerous environment for superpower conflict. All the while, Syrians remaining in the country suffer, and those seeking safety elsewhere are threatening to destabilize Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan and, farther afield, the cohesion of the European Community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca78bb2e0aa2482f8a4b15ad3a3da2e22022-12-22T00:23:20ZengLodz University PressStudia z Geografii Politycznej i Historycznej2300-05622450-01272019-12-018779410.18778/2300-0562.08.047865Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalryWilliam R. Stanley0University of South Carolina, USA, Department of GeographyThe negative impact of globalization is readily observed in today’s Syria. Ravished by seven years of internal conflict stimulated initially by Tunisia’s Arab awakening, this once proud state has become a magnet for religious fanatics and their wealthy sponsors in conservative Saudi Arabia and other countries far and near seeking geopolitical advantage. Not least Syria has experienced the seemingly futile endeavors by those in the United Nations and elsewhere seeking a solution to this country’s enduring turmoil. Military intervention by Iran and Russia has changed the configuration of the conflict at the critical point in time when Israeli and American intervention provides a dangerous environment for superpower conflict. All the while, Syrians remaining in the country suffer, and those seeking safety elsewhere are threatening to destabilize Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan and, farther afield, the cohesion of the European Community.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/studiageogr/article/view/7865syriairanturkeyisraelarab springterrorismregional geopoliticskurdish problemrefugeessuperpower confrontation |
| spellingShingle | William R. Stanley Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry Studia z Geografii Politycznej i Historycznej syria iran turkey israel arab spring terrorism regional geopolitics kurdish problem refugees superpower confrontation |
| title | Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry |
| title_full | Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry |
| title_fullStr | Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry |
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| title_short | Syria’s ordeal: A modern state’s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry |
| title_sort | syria s ordeal a modern state s disintegration in an age of fake news and superpower regional rivalry |
| topic | syria iran turkey israel arab spring terrorism regional geopolitics kurdish problem refugees superpower confrontation |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/studiageogr/article/view/7865 |
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