Syria Under Assad: Domestic Constraints and Regional Risks (Routledge Library Editions: Syria) - Softcover

Maoz, Moshe; Yaniv, Avner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138983497 ISBN 13: 9781138983496

Verlag: Routledge, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

One of the most striking developments in the modern Middle East was the transformation of Syria under Hafez al-Assad from a weak, vulnerable and internally divided state to a leading regional power. 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.

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Moshe Maoz, Avner Yaniv

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138983497
• ISBN 13: 9781138983496
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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