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Title: THE SYRIAN CRISIS: REALIST INTERESTS AND RESPONSES
Authors: Haddy Roche
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Haddy Roche Gambia Judiciary
MLA 8 Roche, Haddy. "THE SYRIAN CRISIS: REALIST INTERESTS AND RESPONSES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 730-743, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=50. Accessed Mar. 2020. APA(6) Roche, H. (2020, March). THE SYRIAN CRISIS: REALIST INTERESTS AND RESPONSES. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(3), 730-743. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=50 Chicago Roche, Haddy. "THE SYRIAN CRISIS: REALIST INTERESTS AND RESPONSES." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 3 (March 2020), 730-743. Accessed March, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=50.
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Abstract: The current Syrian crisis is represented by a civil war in Syria embedded in various Realist interests and responses that undermine its resolution. President Assad is clearly Machiavelli's Prince- ruthless, repressive, amoral, and driven by the need for political survival and clinging onto power. There is also the persistent international competition for power, dominance and security, which has constrained the more powerful members of the international community from contributing more effectively to peace efforts. These have led to one of the world's largest refugee crisis, yet some members of the international community have ignored their international obligations under the Convention on Refugees and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and have been unwilling to accept refugees in favour of preserving their national, security, and political interests. Turkey, the transit point for many of these refugees and host of the largest number of refugees in the world, in pursuit of its national and political interests has entered into an agreement with the EU to accept Syrian refugees who are turned back by European countries in breach of their international obligations under the Convention on Refugees and the European Convention on Human Rights. The same members of the international community also ignore their obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), and the Rome Statute in favour of protecting their national and security interests. When some of these members do decide to observe some of their international obligations, they are blocked by Russia who is also motivated by the need to protect its national security and political interests. Realist interests and responses have therefore been a hindrance to peace efforts in Syria. However, the alternative of pursuing purely liberalist interests and responses might not yield better results. It is therefore suggested that the best way forward might be to promote the balancing of Realist interests and responses with other ones. One way this could be achieved is by applying the Transrational Peace Philosophy which seeks to cut across and balance all potential competing interests.

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