STRATEGI SURIAH DALAM MENGHADAPI KONFLIK DENGAN ISRAEL 1991-2013

• Main Authors: , Windratmo Suwarno, , Prof. Dr. Irwan Abdullah
• Format: Other NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/126543/1/Strategi%20Suriah%20dalam%20Menghadapi%20Konflik%20dengan%20Israel%201991-2013-Windratmo%20Suwarno.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/126543/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=66769
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Syria has a strategy in dealing with Israel through direct war with Israel in 1948, 1967 and 1973. Syria also executes its strategy in dealing with confrontation with the Israel on Lebanon war indirectly. Additionally Syria also tried to negotiate peace with Israel in an effort to deal with the conflict with Israel in order to regain the Golan Heights territory. Syrian strategy in the face of conflict with Israel in 1991- 2013 studied in the two periods aiming to explain the phenomenon of the term of President Hafiz al - Assad and future of President Bashar al - Assad to the impact of these strategies in the unrest in Syria through relevant secondary sources. The problem to be addressed related to the Syrian strategy in the Middle East including to defend, implementation of comprehensive balance strategy including negotiation strategy with Israel, US insistence to Syrian strategy in supporting the insurgents due to Israel�s interests that want to destroy the power of Hezbollah and Hamas resistance group and the impact of Syrian strategy in dealing with Syria unrest that are happening in Syria. A Framework in this dissertation is viewed from a geopolitical angle of Syria in determining its policy based on geographic factors that can determine a strategy for dealing with Israel. Geopolitical factors associated with the realist approach explain that a country will increase its military strength, neutral or make alliance for its security interest. A Change of international system from bipolar to unipolar influence Syrian strategy in dealing with Israel. A realist approach assumes that the international system is anarchy so Syria strategy seeks to increase the military strength and support to the resistance group to confront Israel. Under President Hafiz al - Assad and then President Bashar al - Assad, Syria is consistent in carrying out its strategy against Israel by providing support to Palestinian resistance groups and Hezbollah. It causes that the Syrian strategy made a stronger threat to Israel. The strength of this threat makes Israel used U.S. policy to insist Syria and then it has a significant impact on unrest in Syria which aims to replace the regime of Bashar al- Assad. Israel�s expected regime change will eliminate the power of Iran, and Syria especially in assisting Palestinian and Hizbullah resistance.