OBAMA AND SYRIAN CRISIS: STRATEGIC ABSENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Year 2016, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 4 - 25, 01.12.2016

Veysel Kurt

Abstract

This study focuses on the Obama’s Syrian policy. It explaines the changing policy of US administration towards Syrian crisis by considering Obama’s Middle East politics and Arab demonstrations. In this context, Obama’s appraocah to Syrian crisis can be evaluated in three different terms: The first term was started with Syrian uprsings in March and lasted until August 2011. The discourse of Obama in this term was ‘encouracing Assad for political reform’. The second term was started with regime change discourse in August 2011 and lasted until 2013 August. Obama’s avoiding from military intervention against chemical attack by Assad regime was the basic implication of changing his policy. Emerging of ISIL was a groundwork for Obama to develop a new policy for counter strategy. All changes in Obama’s policy towards Syrian crisis implies a strategic absence in his approach

Keywords

Obama doctrine, Syrian crisis, military intervention, ISIL

OBAMA VE SURİYE KRİZİ: STRATEJİK NOKSANLIK VE SONUÇLARI

Abstract

Bu çalışma Obama’nın Suriye politikasına odaklanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda Obama’nın Ortadoğu politikası ve Arap isyanlarına karşı takındığı tutum dikkate alınarak Suriye krizinde değişen siyaseti açıklanacaktır. Politik reform çağrısı ile başlayan, rejim değişimi söylemi ile devam eden ve nihayetinde IŞİD’e karşı savaşa evrilen Suriye politikasının neden değiştiği ve bu politikanın hem Suriye krizi hem de krizin Türkiye açısından sonuçları değerlendirilecektir. Çalışma Obama’nın yapılandırılmış ve hayata geçirilmiş bir Suriye stratejisi olmadığı varsayımından hareket etmektedir. Bunun yanında Obama yönetiminin krizin evrildiği her yeni aşamada yeni bir pozisyon aldığını ve birbirleri ile tutarsız olan adımlarının kaynağının da bu yaklaşımdan kaynaklandığını iddia etmektedir

Keywords

Obama doktrini, Suriye krizi, askeri müdahale, IŞİD

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