Military and technical cooperation of the Russian Federation on the Middle East and in the North Africa in 2012-2017: the breakthrough in the new geopolitical situation
The global arms market is conservative. The weapon buyers once have chosen the supplier prefer not to change it in future or not to do it too often. The changes of the military and technological orientation of the state-buyer depend on its foreign policy priorities shift or relations between the arms seller and the arms buyer. Usually these changes are the consequence of the world policy shifts, such as the end of the Cold War. The deepness of the Middle East international system events since 2011 definitely influenced the regional arms market configuration. The activity of the main arms suppliers in the region in this crucial time will determine the market share structure for the near future. Under these circumstances Russia as one of the leading global arms seller and the state having its national interests in the Middle East Region, has done some successive steps which should bring it to the breakthrough on the regional arms market. The article describes Russian activity and its results in 1990-2012. The main outcomes of the article are that the real breakthrough for Russia occurred in the period 2012-2017 and was influenced by the following reasons: the Arab Spring of 2011, civil wars in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, the birth of the Islamic State and the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war, revival of the Russian-Iranian military and technical cooperation. As the result Russia has increased its stock of orders for the military industry up to 8 bln. of USD. The article builds the cause and effect relationship between these facts and significant Russian arms deals with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria and other states, signed in 2015-2017. The main article outcome is that the wide expansion of the Russian military technologies will definitely strengthen its influence on the crucial states of the Middle East and the Northern Africa.
Keywords
военно-техническое сотрудничество и торговля оружием,
Россия,
Ближний Восток и Северная Африка,
региональный баланс сил,
military and technical cooperation and arms trade,
Russia,
the Middle East and the North Africa,
the regional balance of powerAuthors
| Volkov Maxim N. | Tomsk State University; Administration of Tomsk region | u66@yandex.ru |
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