Russia’s Balance of Power Policy in Syria Crisis

Moscow’s military intervention in Syria crisis follows Russia’s geostrategic profits in The Middle East. Syria crisis has formed a new shape to the kind of interaction between Russia and international and local actors. So that Russia’s strategy has been an attempt to form balance of power among powers in Syria from 2015 now on. On the other hand, competition among local actors in Syria to create hegemonic superiority in The Middle East, has provided balancing policy background from Syria to prevent form the emergence of a local hegemony. So that the contradictory alignment and approaches of the involved actors, has created a kind of proximity and companionship with Russia to balance against each other. A proximity through which Russia has balanced power with all actors besides rejecting any strategic alliance. Regarding such considerations, there appears a question that what are the features of Russia’s balance of power policy in Syria crisis? The hypothesis which has been used in the present study is that Russia has selected balance of power policy as the most efficient approach in confrontation with international and local actors in Syria crisis in order to achieve her purposes and to reinforce her position.