Owing to flexibility and maneuverability. To find a point of balance. A note on the doctoral dissertation of Khodynskaya-Golenischeva regarding the situation in Syria
Аннотация: Owing to flexibility and maneuverability. To find a point of balance. A note on the doctoral dissertation of Khodynskaya-Golenischeva regarding the situation in Syria.
Owing to flexibility and maneuverability. To find a point of balance. A note on the doctoral dissertation of Khodynskaya-Golenischeva regarding the situation in Syria.
Recently on the Internet, in one of the investigations, information appeared about an interesting figure.
Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva Maria Sergeevna.
'At 36, she is already a doctor of historical sciences, professor at MGIMO, senior adviser to the Department of Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry, behind her shoulders - 4 books about the war in Syria.
At the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva, Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva worked in a contact group on Syria together with Special Representative Staffan de Mistura ... "
Another site adds: "She awarded with medals of the Russian Ministry of Defense "To the participant of the military operation in Syria", "For strengthening the military community". "
Apparently, the respected author of four books (Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva M.S.) can be perceived as one of the intellectual donors of Russian politics in Syria and in the corresponding region.
I tried to find, download for free and read the books that are listed in the biographies of M.S. Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva.
Alas, these attempts did not end with a positive result.
Quality assurances of the listed books - who can announce them? Chairman of the Committee? Minister? Hmm ... So I refrained from buying (purchasing for money) these books.
I decided to look for the text of her doctoral dissertation. "The Syrian Crisis in the Transforming System of International Relations" (2018).
It is quite possible that an outstanding scientist (Doctor of Science, Professor, MGIMO, contacts with the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a number of books on the Syrian topics) became, figuratively speaking, on the shoulders of Potemkin, Gorchakov, Sazonov, Molotov (Stalin?) , Khrushchev and Mikoyan ... (and even ...).
Here is the text of the doctoral dissertation. (In square brackets, I present my own opinions and thoughts.)
"Provisions for the defense
1. The preconditions for the emergence and development of the Syrian crisis were of a political and socio-economic nature ... "
[I heard something similar in secondary school, in social studies classes.]
'2. The spectrum of opposition forces opposing the government of Syria disintegrated into separate elements tied to one or another regional or global sponsor ... "
[Democritus seems to have argued that everything is made of atoms ...]
"3. In this regard, in Syria, the "institution of external sponsorship" clearly showed itself, which is an instrument for the implementation of the military-political line and implies the management of the conflict through the controlled forces ... "
[Yes, an external sponsorship exist!]
"4. The work on the Syrian issue of UN mechanisms - both post-military structures (the Security Council) and agencies, created in the era of unipolarity (human rights and humanitarian segment), revealed the need to adapt the appropriate tools to modern trends associated with the growth of the potential of the countries of the region in the process of managing regional conflicts ... "
['It would be nice, it would be nice, of course ...']
"5. The bizarre combination of elements of bloc confrontation (two opposing camps under the leadership of Russia and the United States) and unipolarity (the West's uncontested stake on regime change), manifested in the actions of Washington and its allies at the beginning of the Syrian crisis, gave way to trends corresponding to the logic of the system's transformation of the system of international relations, which are characterized by indistinctness (dotted line) and mobility of dividing lines and the lack of solidity of alliances of external players that are formed for the sake of achieving political goals. "
['... Gave way to trends corresponding to the logic of the system's transformation of the system...' U-f-f-f...]
"6. The interaction between Russia and the United States on the Syrian conflict revealed that, despite the tendency for the degradation of Russian-American relations, the potential for cooperation between Moscow and Washington on Syria and other crisis situations remains very significant ... "
['Yes, but ...' 'Admittedly ...']
"7. Russia's line on Syria, which did not exclude contacts with both political and armed formations of the opposing Syrian sides and their sponsors, is most consistent with the emerging international order ... "
[A polite praise to the Russial structures?]
"8. The global trend towards the redistribution of military-political power from the center to the periphery justifies the expediency of activating of a key regional players in the process of resolving the crisis in Syria ... "
[An activating is always useful ...]
"9. As part of the transformation of the modern system of international relations, a spontaneous formation of a new balance of power is taking place ... "
[The formation of a new balance of power was observed even under Darius ...].
"10. Based on the results of the study, based on the categorization of aspects of the Syrian conflict, the author identified a mechanism for resolving the crisis in Syria within the framework of the transforming system of international relations. We are talking about a methodology that can help determine the "balance point" between the optimal involvement in the conflict of global players (Russia and the United States) and interested states of the region, as well as the UN ... "
["Give me a balance point and I will launch a mechanism ..."]
So, in the doctoral dissertation, ten provisions are presented for the defense ...
What can you say here? A flexibility and agility are necessary. External sponsorship is also important. But the main thing is the balance point ...
Soon all these theses will be used, and a Syrian settlement will come ...
April 11, 2021 04:21
Translation from Russian into English: April 11, 2021 06:21.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Благодаря гибкости и маневренности. Найти точку баланса. Заметка о докторской диссертации Ходынской-Голенищевой по ситуации в Сирии'.