Why do china and russia support syria

Two main reasons: One has to do with economics; the other with ideology. Russia also leases a naval facility at the Syrian port of Tartus, giving the Russian navy its only direct access to the Mediterranean, Mankoff said.

Russia doesn't believe revolutions, wars and regime change bring stability and democracy. It often points to the Arab Spring and the U. Russia also doesn't trust U. It believes humanitarian concerns are often used an excuse for pursuing America's own political and economic interests. In Putin's universe, al-Assad cannot lose because it means that one day he, Putin, might as well. McCain: There is no end game here Source: Intercept discusses Syria attack Hayden: We've got to act on our own.

Hayden: We've got to act on our own Analysis:Syria is a political chess game Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov insists there's no proof yet Syria's government is behind the chemical weapons attack.

And any plans to strike Syria would challenge provisions of the U. The ministry accused Washington of trying to "create artificial groundless excuses for military intervention. On Wednesday, Russia walked out of a U. Russia previously recommended using just the Bab al-Salam border crossing for one year.

It would be catastrophic," he added. The remaining 13 members of the UN Security Council voted in favor of the measure.

This is the second time in three days that both Russia and China have vetoed Syrian aid deals brought to the Security Council. An earlier aid plan from Russia was rejected by the council. According to the UN, there are millions of Syrians in the northwest of the country that depend on shipments of aid relief from Turkey.

The internal conflict has now lasted for more than nine years and killed more than half a million people. As western governments push for a tougher UN sanctions regime for an alleged nuclear weapons program, the Russians and Chinese will refuse to go along and jeopardize their military and economic ties with Iran.

Moreover, these two states view proposed UN resolutions on Syria and Iran as tactics having a common western goal: to produce regime change throughout the region. Due to the economic crisis, western powers have been weakened and both the Russians and the Chinese perceive this. Fiscal pressures in the United States and Europe mean that there will be little enthusiasm for another war. Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, two of the largest contributors to NATO forces, face stiff re-election campaigns in , and their claims of foreign policy success have not placated domestic criticism of their economic policies.

Similarly, the Russians and the Chinese are also undergoing leadership changes this year and both presidents in-waiting, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, are hardliners who will refuse to compromise with western interests at the UN. Rasmus Jacobsen is Co-founder and Head of Analysis for Atlas Assistance, a Beirut-based risk management company that provides analytical reports, security consultancies and trainings to organisations across the Middle East.

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