11 Eylül Sonrası Suriye: Yeni Dünya Düzeninden Ayrılma

Year 2013, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 55 - 83, 15.07.2013

Duygu Dersan Orhan

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Suriye’nin 11 Eylül sonrasındaki dış politikasını iki örnek
olayla analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Birincisi, Suriye’nin 2003 Irak Savaşı
esnasında izlediği dış politikadır. İkinci örnek olay çerçevesinde,
Suriye’nin Lübnan politikası ve 2005 yılında ülkeden zorunlu olarak
çekilmesi analiz edilmektedir. Örnek olaylarla, Suriye’nin Soğuk Savaş
sonrasında Batı’ya karşı izlediği işbirlikçi tutumu neden sürdüremediği
sorgulanmaktadır. Bu sorunun cevabı neoklasik realist dış politika modeli
test edilerek verilmeye çalışılmaktadır. Uluslararası sistem bir devletin
dış politika sınırlarını belirlese de, sisteme ilişkin baskıların devlet
tarafından nasıl algılandığının incelenmesi gerektiği savunulmaktadır. Bu çerçevede, çalışma, güç odaklı realist argümanları, iç siyasete iliş-
kin kaygılarla bütünleştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Suriye, 11 Eylül, Neoklasik Realizm, Iraq Savaşı, Lübnan

Syria in the Post-September 11 Period: Detachment from the New World Order

Abstract

This work aims to analyze Syria’s foreign policy responses in the aftermath of September 11 attacks through two case studies. First is the Syrian foreign policy during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. In the second case study, Syria’s foreign policy in Lebanon and its forced withdrawal from the country in 2005 is analyzed. Through these case studies, it is questioned why Syria did not continue its cooperative attitude that it had displayed towards the West during the immediate after of the end of the Cold War. The answer to that question is given through testing neoclassical realist foreign policy model. It is argued that although the international system determines the boundaries of a state’s foreign policy, it is also necessary to analyze how systemic pressures are translated by states. In that sense, this work is aimed at reconciling realist power political arguments with domestic concerns

Keywords

Syria, September 11, Neoclassical Realism, Iraq War, Lebanon

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