An Analysis of the Interests of the United States in the Syrian Conflict

As the only superpower in the world, the fundamental interest of the United States in the Syrian conflict is to maintain its superpower status. Guided by this principle, the United States has important interests in Syria: Toppling or at least the long-term weakening of the Syrian Assad regime; Containing Russian and Iranian influence in Syria; Fighting terrorism such as ISIS to prevent Syria from becoming a terrorist base; Opposing the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons; Supporting Syrian Kurdish forces on the basis of not breaking with Turkey, etc. Interest is the unity of needs and means to realize them. With the development of the situation in Syria, the ability of the United States to fulfill its needs is also changing, which leads to the differences of its main interests in different historical periods of the Syrian conflict, not only in the content of interests, but also in the priority of interests. In the Syrian conflict, the constant changes in the important interests of the United States show that the United States is increasingly unable to safeguard its superpower status