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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.75, # 2, 2018, pp. 25-46

The Chinese Position on the Syrian Crisis 2011-2018

Saddoun N. Al-Majali , Raafat Abdel salam Tarawneh 2
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1 Dr., University of Mu'tah, Jordan, PO Box 7,E-mail: [email protected].
2 Aqaba University of Technology, PO Box 910122 Amman 11191, Jordan, 79 Wasfi Al
-Tal str. 5th floor, E-mail: [email protected].

Received 27 July 2018; accepted 14 December 2018; published online 28 December 2018

ABSTRACT

The Syrian crisis has also created international blocks, which contributed to uncovering
the rift within the international system, the emergence of differences that were covered
by the international community, and international legitimacy, which began to collapse in
front of the interests of the countries that lead the world order and to achieve their
interests, Strength and possibilities in the light of its distance from the concept of
international law, which has become a traditional thing in the eyes of those States.

Using the analytical descriptive approach, the study showed the fundamentals,
objectives and strategies of the Chinese economic and political position on the Syrian
crisis in the context of a new world order with different dimensions and the basic
dimensions of the Chinese position in terms of determinations, 2011-2018), in
addition to the use of the historical approach to monitor the Sino-Syrian relations and
positions of the events of the Syrian crisis.

The study showed that the Syrian crisis raised questions about the international system
and the extent of the transformation of the structure of the international system from
unipolar to a multipolar system, as it emerged in the role played by China in the Syrian
crisis through its international interaction using the veto against decisions that The
United States to take it against the Syrian regime throughout the crisis and so far,
which confirms that China has become an active force in the international system, and
that China in its diplomacy and approach to international affairs and the Middle East
go based on two desires:

- Its share of energy.
- Increasing economic relations in the region.

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