Rússia e a Guerra Civil Síria: o posicionamento russo no Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Marcos Alan S. V.
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Silva, Evellin C. da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Conjuntura Austral
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/ConjunturaAustral/article/view/128336
• topic: Security Council; Syria; Armed Conflict; Civil War; Russia; Foreign Policy; Conselho de Segurança; Conflito Armado; Rússia; Política Externa; Guerra Civil síria

The present work analyzes the position of Russia in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) during the Syrian Civil War. The latter began in 2011 and continues to the present day. The conflict generates several deaths, displacements and a humanitarian crisis that needs a resolution. In this scenario, a position from the UNSC and actions to resolve the case are expected. However, a lack of consensus among UNSC members and Russia played a central role, as it participated in the conflict in 2015, supported Bashar al-Assad and vetoed some resolution proposals on the conflict. For this important role, we seek to explore possible Russian motivations and interests that led to the lack of consensus in the UNSC regarding the Syrian conflict. Therefore, we present the Syrian conflict and its actors; then we discuss Russian foreign policy and its interests; finally, we explore the Russian position in the UNSC during the conflict. As a methodological basis, we start from an exploratory-descriptive analysis with data collection and documentary research based on the UNSC resolutions in the years 2012-2020. In conclusion, we emphasize that Syria is a central part of Russian foreign policy, with economic and strategic dimensions that overcome the civil conflict.