Syria under Assad (RLE Syria) Domestic Constraints and Regional Risks
| Author/creator | Maoz, Moshe Author |
| Other author | Yaniv, Avner Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 288 p. 09.250 x 06.250 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Routledge Library Editions: Syria Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation <P>One of the most striking recent developments in the modern Middle East has been the transformation of Syria under Hafez al-Assad from a weak, vulnerable and internally divided state to a leading regional power. While this is increasingly acknowledged by observers of the Middle Eastern scene, the scholarly discussion of the origins, the scope, the durability and the implications of this change is only beginning to take place." <P>Syria Under Assad" addresses itself to this discussion. Based on a carefully selected collection of original articles, this volume focuses on the elements of Syria s power, on Syria s relations with each of its neighbours as well as on Syria s relations with the superpowers. In the final analysis, conclude the editors, Syrian policies appear paradoxical. Its conduct ever since the advent of Hafez al-Assad exhibits subtle and hard-nosed pragmatism. Yet, in order to consolidate the domestic legitimacy of the Alawi Ba athist regime, Syria has been impelled to articulate its foreign policy goals in the far-flung rhetoric of the Ba athist ideology. As a result Syria is widely perceived of as a menace and, treated as such, it often responds in kind. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780415735001 |
| ISBN | 0415735009 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780415735001 |
| Stock number | 00081154 |
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