TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawson,Fred Haley
TI  - Global security watch--Syria
T2  - Global security watch
SN  - 9780313359576
AV  - DS98.6 .L39 2013
U1  - 956.9104/2 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Middle East
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Strategic aspects of individual places
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sicherheitspolitik
KW  - Politischer Konflikt
KW  - Politik
KW  - sao
KW  - Internationella relationer
KW  - Syria
KW  - Strategic aspects
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1971-
KW  - 2000-
KW  - Syrien
KW  - foreign policy
KW  - internal politics
KW  - political reforms
KW  - strategy
KW  - government
KW  - sipri
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Political-economic transformation in Ba'thi Syria -- 2: Syria's contemporary political economy -- 3: Vicissitudes of Syria's Islamist movement -- 4: Popular uprising and regime response -- 5: Syria's relations with Israel, the Palestinians, and Lebanon -- 6: Syria's relations with Iran, Turkey, and Iraq -- 7: Syria's relations with the United States, the Soviet Union, and Russia -- Appendix A: Chronology -- Appendix B: Documents -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - "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
ER  -