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Global security watch--Syria

Title
  1. Global security watch--Syria / Fred H. Lawson.
Published by
  1. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2013]
Author
  1. Lawson, Fred Haley, 1952-

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Description
  1. 194 pages : map; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "In this insightful work, a noted expert goes behind the headlines to examine the complexities of Syrian politics and their impact on the modern world. Beginning with an overview of political and economic change after 1963 when the Ba'th Party came to power, the book focuses on developments in Syria since Bashar al-Assad assumed the presidency in 2000. It probes the evolution of the Islamist opposition and the course of the popular uprising that broke out in 2011 and explores Syria's multilayered relations with Israel, Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the United States. Readers will see why rebellion in Syria has taken a much different path from movements that overturned autocratic regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. They will also come away with a more nuanced understanding of the pivotal role Syria plays in both the Arab-Israeli conflict and inter-Arab relations, as well as the confluence of domestic challenges and foreign threats that make Syria the most vulnerable state in the contemporary Middle East."--Publisher's description.
Series statement
  1. Global security watch
Uniform title
  1. Global security watch series
Alternative title
  1. Syria
Subject
  1. Since 1971
  2. 1900-talet
  3. 2000-talet
  4. HISTORY > Middle East > General
  5. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > General
  6. Diplomatic relations
  7. Politics and government
  8. Strategic aspects of individual places
  9. Außenpolitik
  10. Militärpolitik
  11. Sicherheitspolitik
  12. Politischer Konflikt
  13. Politik
  14. Internationella relationer
  15. Syria > Strategic aspects
  16. Syria > Foreign relations > 1971-
  17. Syria > Politics and government > 2000-
  18. Syria
  19. Syrien
  20. Syria > Strategic aspects
  21. Syria > foreign policy > internal politics > political reforms > strategy > government
Contents
  1. Political-Economic Transformation in Ba'thi Syria -- Syria's Contemporary Political Economy -- Vicissitudes of Syria's Islamist Movement -- Popular Uprising and Regime Response -- Syria's Relations with Israel, the Palestinians and Lebanon -- Syria's Relations with Iran, Turkey and Iraq -- Syria's Relations with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Russia -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Documents.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.