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Russian Intervention Syria

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The Intervention

September 2015, Russian military entered Syria the request of the Syrian government

They used airstrikes to ght the militants !ho !Islami" and al#$usra front%

Russia also had air base in &ataka for its for"es%

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The Russia main aim

'revent (meri"an hegemony% 'revent "oming up of la!less states near it%

'rote"t a friend !ho !as part of its sphere of in)

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Theories of InternationaDecision Making

1% 'rospe"t Theory 'eople "an de"ide the results that they see equivalen

referen"e point, and assume that the lesser out"omelosses and the greater one to be gains%

In other "ase, people a"t to total a value based on thout"omes and their parti"ular probabilities, and later the substitute having a higher e*"a"y%

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Theories of InternationaDecision Making

2% +iversion ay TheoryThis diversion strategy may have the follo!ing pos

e-e"ts.The e/ternal aggression may make the "ountry united%

The e/ternal !ar may "ause the popula"e to forget the ordissatisfa"tion !ith the government

It !ould in"rease ba"king for the regime% This !ould give tgovernment time to solve the internal problems%

alse tension generated from the international ght may vleaders "onquest of dissent%